according to an unreliable source ( see escape from earth prime ! , # 15 in this list ) , the institute was located somewhere in dutchess county , new york , where the founder and director , dr. kamadev sohrawardi , was employed by ibm in the 1960s , dropped out and began investigations into consciousness physics ; it is also claimed that sohrawardi was a bengali of mixed english , hindu and moslem origin , descended from an old sufi family , and initiated into tantra .