Joseph Selbie
Joseph Selbie
Author, Speaker, Researcher
Joseph Selbie is one of the foremost exponents of the yugas, India’s tradition of cyclical history. The yugas provide context for ancient anomalies, such as Gobekli Tepe, Sanskrit, and the Great Pyramid, as well as for emerging trends, such as the current explosion of interest in experiential spirituality. His book, The Yugas, has sold worldwide and in numerous translations. Joseph’s studies span East and West; Greek history and archeology at U.C. Boulder and Indian history and philosophy at U.C. Berkeley. He has presented frequently at CPAK.
A polymath, Joseph is also known for creating bridges of understanding between the modern evidenced-based discoveries of science and the timeless experience-based discoveries of the mystics. He is the author of Break Through the Limits of the Brain, how neuroscience supports spiritual experience, The Physics of God, a unification of science and religion, and, coming out in the fall of 2024, The Physics of Miraculous Healing, an explanation for extraordinarily rapid physical healing.
Joseph has taught yoga, meditation, and universal experiential spirituality throughout the US and Europe. He has presented at numerous conferences and has appeared on many programs including: The Chopra Well with Deepak Chopra, Coast to Coast with George Noory, Gaia’s Open Minds with Regina Meredith, and Buddha at the Gas Pump with Rick Archer. Joseph appears with Elizabeth Rohm in the 2014 docudrama, Finding Happiness, which showcases Ananda Village, one of the most successful spiritual communities in the world. In 1975 Joseph became a founding member of Ananda, a worldwide spiritual movement inspired by the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi.
Why the Yugas Matter Today
Across cultures and epochs, humanity has grappled with a recurring intuition: that history unfolds not in a straight line, but in great cycles of rise and decline. In India, this understanding found its most complete expression in the Yuga system—a cosmology that describes the waxing and waning of consciousness across vast spans of time.
This talk explores:
- The Yugas as stages of consciousness, not just epochs of time
- How ancient sites and texts align with cyclical models
- Parallels between spiritual experience and neuroscience
- Why modern society shows signs of transition rather than collapse
At CPAK, this perspective serves as a bridge—linking speculative ancient models with contemporary scientific inquiry.
More From Joseph Selbie — Books, Writing, and Cyclical Wisdom
Joseph Selbie continues his work beyond live presentations through widely read books and long-form writing that explore cyclical history, consciousness, and the convergence of ancient wisdom with modern science.
His publications examine the Yuga system as a framework for understanding human history and awareness, while also engaging contemporary research in neuroscience, physics, and psychology. Rather than presenting spirituality as belief, Selbie’s work emphasizes experience, evidence, and coherence—showing how inner states of consciousness correspond with large-scale civilizational cycles..
