This classic book on mystical experience was originally published in 1901. Bucke's personal experience with divine illumination led to his theory that we are witnessing a continued psychical revoluti
A classic modern study of the mystical experience, this pioneering work remains as valuable today as it was upon its 1901 publication. Prompted by his firsthand experience, the author explores the phe
This work, published in 1901, is the culmination of a lifetime of research and contemplation in which Richard Maurice Bucke (1837–1902) expounds his theory of the development and evolution of consciousness in living things. He uses his own experiences, those of contemporaries such as Tennyson, and of historical figures such as Francis Bacon, as evidence for moments of higher consciousness and intellect known as 'cosmic consciousness'. Bucke's theory is of three states of progressive consciousness, attained through evolution. The Simple Consciousness of animals, Self Consciousness of man to understand his place in the universe, and Cosmic Consciousness, where man might grow to understand the life and order of the cosmos. This pinnacle of understanding is a progression assisted by evolution that Bucke hopes will one day come to all men. A thought-provoking book at any time, full of optimism for the intellectual future of the human race.
Three of the most original thinkers of our time explore issues that call into question our current views of reality, morality, and the nature of life. ??? A wide-ranging investigation of the ecology
Mark L. Prophet walked before mankind as a friend on the spiritual path. He illustrated Truth as a day-to-day experience of God that could come to all. For him, the path of Truth led to cosmic conscio
In God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Stenger (philosophy, U. of Colorado and emeritus physics and astronomy, U. of Hawaii) argued against the existence specifically of the Abrahamic deity, and only a
Havens (psychology, U. of Illinois-Springfield) offers simple instructions for creating spiritual, religious, or mystical experiences--along with verbatim examples of hypnotic procedures that were spe
The Toad of Dawn is the dramatic story of how Dr. Octavio Rettig Hinojosa a Mexican doctor with a crack cocaine addiction came to heal himself by employing an ancient treasure” almost forgotten for ce
