The International Society of Life Information Science (ISLIS) has sought scientific proofs of existence of wonderful phenomena and resolution of their principles in these 16 years since its foundation in 1995. Thirty two symposia have been held and 32 issues of the Journal of International Society of Life Information Science (Journal of ISLIS), totaling more than 5,000 pages, have been published periodically. The existence of many wonderful phenomena has been proved scientifically in this time; however, their accompanying principles have not been resolved. Therefore, many participants will gather at Fuji Calm in Yamanashi, Japan and hold discussions on these and other matters. A variety of phenomena such as spiritual healing, qi gong, and supernatural phenomena exist which can not be explained by modern science results. The world view of each field will be explained to the participants, and then discussions will be held about these topics. Moreover, direct interactions and experiences in each field will be offered to participants, such as various demonstrations of qi gong, hypotonic therapy, and so on. Unfortunately, the last symposium could only be held through the articles published in the Journal of ISLIS because the actual meeting days were just after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The 32nd Symposium will include many titles related to the March 2011 events.

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We measured the spectrum and time transition of biophotons emitted from a suspension of prepared sample liquid of cucumber (Cucumis sativus 'white spine type') for an 18-hour period. We prepared the suspension of sample liquid by removing the skin of the cucumber fruit, processing the peeled fruit and then passing the obtained liquid through a paper filter. A set of glass low-pass filters was used for biophoton measurements. The biophoton spectrum was measured within the wavelength region of 280-650nm (ultraviolet to visual light). The biophoton spectrum was calculated using the differences of relative intensities to control samples. We found that it was broad and the strongest intensity peak was located at 520-540nm. Also ultraviolet emission (280-370nm) was detected although it was weak. Intensities of peaks at 480-540nm reached their maximum 4-5 hours after the start of measurements. The ultraviolet peak was detected for 10 hours after the start of measurements, but it could not be detected after that.

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It has been reported that the distribution of numbers generated by physical random number generators (RNGs) utilizing physical processes such as the decay of radioactive elements and thermal noises is affected by human psi power and/or the changes of emotions and consciousness of humanity as a whole. For example, in the Global Consciousness Project based at Princeton University, the outputs of several tens of RNGs deployed all over the world have been continuously monitored, and their relationship with global events examined. The Princeton researchers reported that there was a significant change in the distribution of the numbers on Sept 11, 2001. However, it is not easy to discuss the causal relationship directly between global events and the outputs of random numbers, because such global conditions are hardly reproducible. It is also difficult to reproduce the effects of psi power of human beings in a quantitative manner, so data for many cases must be accumulated and the mechanisms must be deduced statistically. The authors are developing a new measuring system using RNGs with one purpose to be elucidation of the causal relationship of various factors on the output of RNGs. For this, 6 RNGs are connected to a computer. Three of them are placed in a control environment, and the other three in a "field" to measure. All the outputs from 6 RNGs (each 7,680 bits/s) are simultaneously taken by original computer software and the distributions of generated numbers from the two groups are compared with each other and displayed in real time. By this method, it is expected that the condition of a "o;field" can be measured quantitatively and reproducibly. To check the possibility of this system as a sensor, the effects of spatial arrangement of RNGs are also examined.

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We conducted a random effect generator/random number generator (REG/RNG) field experiment to test the retroactive effects of field consciousness and uniltentional psychokinesis (PK) on targets consisting of prerecorded physical random numbers. An experimenter entered ballparks during eight Japanese professional baseball games. Multiple prerecorded random number targets were presented, and true random numbers were also generated. Unexpectedly, we found no retroaotive effects on the target random numbers, and no statistical biases were evident under the generated condition, including when several other methods were applied. Future tasks related to field oonsciousness are discussed.

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In a view of the world according to quantum mechanics, physical reality, locality and causality that have been regarded as a physical basic premise failed as pointed out by J.S. Bell. In this view, physical reality is objective and the existence of the quantum object (elementary particle) cannot have a subjective choice according to the free will of the human being observer. However, it becomes necessary for an observer to make measurements by various methods to confirm whether the quantum object exists. A surprising conclusion was shown by J.H. Conway and S.B. Kochen in 2006 that there was free will to control an observation result of the quantum object if there was free will in the choice of the measurement method for the observer. This is called the free will theorem. In this theorem, free will is expanded from the macro creature called the human being by the micro elementary particle of a non-creature. In this lecture, I consider the meaning of human free will and free will of the elementary particle.

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Hypnosis is undoubtedly some kind of phenomenon in the brain. Although various experiments around hypnosis have been tried, no clear explanation about its mechanism has been found, yet. In part, this is because hypnosis experiments with animals are difficult and even with humans, experiments using huge apparatuses, such as fMRI or PET are also difficult. The author has tried to provide clarifications of the hypnosis mechanism using EEG measurements under various situations. The hypnotic state shown in the EEG data is not the sleep state at all, but is almost the same state as the resting condition with the eyes closed. However, some effects reported during hypnosis are sometimes very similar with those during lucid dreams or precognitive dreams. Then, in this presentation, the author will offer some consideration about the hypnotic state as related to the information processing mechanism in the brain and also the neural origin and process of dreams.

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It is often claimed that consciousness can give anomalous effects to micro processes in probability phenomena. And random number generators (RNGs) are used for tests of such effects. However, many problems should be resolved for advanced studies; for example, how does a RNG detect anomalous effects? Which way is more efficient to detect effects? In this workshop, measuring systems of RNGs are discussed focusing on the following points. 1) Direct measurement of the wave function had been considered as impossible conventionally. However, in 2011, Canadian researchers succeeded in making direct measurements of the wave function. Their findings suggest that we should change conventional explanations of the wave function. Moreover, this may activate our challenge to explain results of RNG tests by quantum effects of consciousness. 2) XOR processes are often used in RNG devices or at the first stage of data processing. There is a concern about the sensitivity of a RNG as a detector becoming lower because the random number sequence will become “dull” if this processing is performed. Necessity of the XOR process should be discussed and a new experimental design should be created. 3) Recently, we have recognized the importance of distance and directions in experiments. For example, local effects [long-range] have been researched in the Second Phase of the Global Consciousness Project (GCP); A wave-like potential distribution is generated around a healer [short-range] who performs non-contact healing on bio-sensors. Therefore, we should discuss the problems of direction and distance in field RNG experiments which are done at the middle-range scale.

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