Friday 25 October 2013

The Roots of Conciousness

     
 
 
 
Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD

Contents
INTRODUCTION
Dedication
Acknowledgments and Permissions
Introduction to Revised Edition
  • We Are All Ourselves
Introduction to the Original Edition
 
SECTION I: THE HISTORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLORATION
Shamanistic Traditions
Ancient Mesopotamia
  • Dream Portents
Ancient India
  • The Language of Consciousness
  • The Discipline of Yoga
Ancient China
  • Taoism
Ancient Greece
  • Mystery Traditions
  • Oracles
  • Pythagoras
  • Democritus
  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Neoplatonism
Ancient Rome
  • Appolonius of Tyana
Ancient Hebrews and Early Christians
  • Prophecy
  • The Teachings of Jesus
  • Christian Saints
  • The Monastic Tradition
Hermeticism
Islamic Exploration of Consciousness
  • Theories of Occult Radiation
Medieval and Renaissance Exploration of Consciousness
  • Maimonides
  • Albertus Magnus
  • Cornelius Agrippa
  • Paracelsus
  • John Dee
  • The Rosicrucians
The Age of Enlightenment
  • Descartes and Mind-Body Dualism
  • Leibnitz and Monadology
  • Idealism
  • Sir Isaac Newton
SECTION II: THE FOLKLORE OF CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLORATION
Astrology
  • Ptolmaic Astrology
  • Kepler and Astrology
  • Astrology in Contemporary Times
  • Astro-Biology
  • Chronotopology
  • Arthur M. Young's "Geometry of Meaning"
  • Concluding Thoughts on Astrology
Astral Projection and Out-Of-Body Experiences
  • Ramacharaka's Theosophical Perspective
  • An Accidental Projection
  • OBE In A Dream
  • Conscious Astral Projection
  • Sylvan Muldoon's Method 
  • Robert Monroe's Method
  • Robert Crookall's Observations
  • Contemporary Perspectives About OBEs
Healing
  • Healing Temples
  • An Inner Healing Advisor
  • Mesmerism
  • Animal Magnetism
  • Holistic Faith Healing
  • Radionics
  • Edgar Cayce
  • Psychic Surgery
  • Delusion and Fraud
  • Healing at Lourdes
  • Mental Imagery
  • Omega Seminar Techniques
  • A Case Study
  • Ramacharaka's Healing Exercise
  • Deep Healing
Spiritual Anatomy
  • Thoughtforms
  • The Aura
  • Experimental Tests
  • The Vital Body
  • The Chakras
  • Chinese Acupuncture
  • Wilhelm Reich and Orgone Energy
  • The Soviet Concept of Biological Plasma
  • Kirlian Photography
  • Kirlian Photography Anecdotes
  • The Phantom Leaf Effect
  • Kurt Lewin's Field Theory
Communication with Higher Intelligence
  • Angels and Guardian Spirits
  • The Glance of the Master
  • Cabala
  • Emmanuel Swedenborg
  • Gustav Theodor Fechner and Psychophysics
  • The Theosophical Society
  • A Course in Miracles
  • The Invisible College
Other Worlds
  • Swedenborg
  • From India to the Planet Mars
  • The Fatima Appearances
  • UFOs As Apparitions
  • Carl Jung's Interpretation of UFOs
  • Uri Geller and UFOs
  • UFO Research Today
  • The Stella Lansing Case 
  • Automobile Teleportation
  • The Strange Case of Dr. X
  • Biological Effects of UFO Contact
  • The Betty and Barney Hill Case
  • Robert Monroe UFO Encounter
  • UFO Contactee Cults
  • Ray Stanford UFO Research
  • Earth's Ambassador
  • Close Encounters
  • Jacques Vallee's Analysis
Life Within Death -- Death Within Life
  • Survival of Consciousness After Death
  • Ancient Egypt
  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead
  • The Visions of Gustav Theodore Fechner
  • Spiritualism
  • The Spiritism of Allan Kardec
  • Founding of the Society for Psychical Research
  • Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death
  • The Watseka Wonder
  • Apparitions and Hauntings
  • Near Death Experiences
  • Mediumship
  • Mrs. Piper
  • Cross-Correspondences
  • The "Marjory" Mediumship
  • Reincarnation
  • Xenoglossy
  • Unusual Powers of Mind Over Matter
    • D. D. Home -- The Greatest Medium Who Ever Lived
    • Sir William Crookes' Researches
    • Marthe Beraud
    • Paraffin Hands
    • Eusapia Palladino
    • Psychic Photography
    • Nina Kulagina
    • Uri Geller 
    • Poltergeist Cases
    • Matthew Manning
    • Philip the Ghost
    • Ted Owens -- The "PK Man"
    • Lightning Striking
    • Weather Control
    Firewalking
    Psionics -- Practical Application of Psychic Awareness
    • Harmful Purposes
    • National Security Applications 
    • Ancient History and Folklore
    • The World Wars
    • Eastern Europe 
    • United States 
    • Accident prevention
    • Dowsing
    • Treasure Hunting
    • Accuracy of Information Transmission
    • Psychic Archeology
    • Psychic Police Work
    • Journalism and Investigative Reporting
    • History
    • Precognition in Business Management
    • Public Safety 
    • Communication
    • Creativity in Art, Literature and Music
    • Agriculture and pest control 
    • Athletics and Sports 
    • Finding Lost Objects
    • Scientific Discovery
    • Weather Prediction and Control
    • Animal Training and Interspecies Communication
    • Intuitive Consensus

    SECTION III: THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
    Introduction
    The Problem of Consciousness
    To Err is Human
    • The Psychology of Cognitive Biases
    • The Illusion of Self-Awareness
    • The Illusion of Control
    • The Need to be Consistent
    • The Sleeper Effect
    • The Effect of Formal Research 
    Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
    • Introduction
    • J. B. Rhine's Early Research at Duke University
    • Criticisms of ESP Research
    • Unconscious ESP
    • Dream Telepathy
    • Hypnosis and ESP
    • Exceptional ESP Laboratory Performers
    • Pavel Stepanek
    • Bill Delmore 
    • Uri Geller
    • Ganzfeld Research
    • The Experimenter Effect
    • The Sheep-Goat Effect
    • Psi-Missing
    • ESP and Personality Traits
    • Extraversion/Introversion. 
    • Effects of Different ESP Targets
    • Psi Mediated Instrumental Response
    • Stanford's Conformance Behavior Model
    • Precognition
    Psychokinesis
    • Rhine's Early Studies
    • PK With Random Number Generators (RNGs)
    • Chinese Reports of Psychokinesis Associated with ESP 
    • PK Metal-Bending
    • Bio-PK
    Psionics -- Practical Application of Psychic Awareness
    • Casino Gambling Simulation 
    • Possible Psi Healing
    • Bernard Grad's Research at McGill University
    • Conceptual Replications of Grad's Research
    • The Transpersonal Imagery Effect
    Proper Scientific Controls for ESP Experimentation
    • Randomization
    • Sensory Leakage 
    • Subject Cheating
    • Recording Errors
    • Classification and Scoring Errors
    • Statistical Violations
    • Reporting Failures
    • Experimenter Fraud
    Evaluating Psi Research
    SECTION IV: THEORIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
    Introduction
    The Biological Perspective
    • The Nervous System
    • The Endocrine System
    • The Temporal Lobe Factor in Psychic Experience
    • The Ecology of Consciousness
    • Challenges to the Biological Identity Model 
    Consciousness and the New Physics
    • Space-Time According to Einstein
    • Folded Space 
    • Multidimensional Spacetime 
    • The EPR Effect and Bell's Theorem
    • The Implicate Order
    • Observational Theories
    • Unified Field Theory and Consciousness
    • Evaluating Implications of the New Physics 
    The Reflexive Universe
    APPENDIX: CONSCIOUSNESS -- A HYPERSPACE VIEW BY SAUL-PAUL SIRAG
    • Introduction
    • Consciousness as Reflection Space
    • Coda
    • References
    • Glossary
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