The Dark Lord's Demise

JOHN WHITE is a writer and teacher engaged in the exploration of consciousness and higher human development. From 1972-74 he was associated with Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell as director of education for The Institute of Noetic Sciences, an organization founded by Dr. Mitchell to investigate the nature of consciousness and human potential.

Born in 1939, Mr. White has a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a master's degree from Yale University. He is editor of The Highest State of Consciousness, Frontiers of Consciousness, What Is Meditation? and Toward a Science of Consciousness. He also edited Psychic Exploration for Edgar Mitchell.

His writings have appeared in many popular and professional journals, including Reader's Digest, Saturday Review, World Psychic, Journal of Altered States of Consciousness, Journal for the Study of Consciousness, and Fields Within Fields. He has taught in high school and college. He is an editor of Psychic and Human Dimensions magazines, and is on the editorial board of "Journal of Altered States of Consciousness."

His articles have been reprinted in textbooks on linguistics, biology, and education.

He lives in Cheshire, Connecticut, with his wife and has four children.