The Roots of Consciousness
BY Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, Host of THINKING ALLOWED
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Dedication
Acknowledgments and Permissions
Introduction to Revised Edition
- We Are All Ourselves
SECTION I: THE HISTORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLORATION
Shamanistic Traditions
Ancient Mesopotamia
- Dream Portents
- The Language of Consciousness
- The Discipline of Yoga
- Taoism
- Mystery Traditions
- Oracles
- Pythagoras
- Democritus
- Socrates
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Neoplatonism
- Appolonius of Tyana
- Prophecy
- The Teachings of Jesus
- Christian Saints
- The Monastic Tradition
Islamic Exploration of Consciousness
- Theories of Occult Radiation
- Maimonides
- Albertus Magnus
- Cornelius Agrippa
- Paracelsus
- John Dee
- The Rosicrucians
- Descartes and Mind-Body Dualism
- Leibnitz and Monadology
- Idealism
- Sir Isaac Newton
- Ptolmaic Astrology
- Kepler and Astrology
- Astrology in Contemporary Times
- Astro-Biology
- Chronotopology
- Arthur M. Young's "Geometry of Meaning"
- Concluding Thoughts on Astrology
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- Rhine's Early Studies
- PK With Random Number Generators (RNGs)
- Chinese Reports of Psychokinesis Associated with ESP
- PK Metal-Bending
- Bio-PK
- Casino Gambling Simulation
- Possible Psi Healing
- Bernard Grad's Research at McGill University
- Conceptual Replications of Grad's Research
- The Transpersonal Imagery Effect
- Randomization
- Sensory Leakage
- Subject Cheating
- Recording Errors
- Classification and Scoring Errors
- Statistical Violations
- Reporting Failures
- Experimenter Fraud
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
- 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
- Introduction
- Consciousness as Reflection Space
- Coda
- References
- Glossary
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