Mind, Philosophy of, Parapsychology - General & Miscellaneous, Occultism
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Overview
Jeffrey Mishlove's original pathbreaking compendium of learning in the field of parapsychology, The Roots of Consciousness has undergone a significant metamorphosis through major revisions, updating, and synthesis of materials and issues.The book in its current edition brings the reader new insights, reflecting the enormous changes that the field has undergone in the past two decades as leading theorists have explored phenomena which point to a reality having not three or four but many dimensions.
In this new edition Mishlove gives skeptics room to voice their most sophisticated criticism of parapsychology research and allows researchers their most articulate responses.
The reader will find a clear and unbiased presentation of a wide variety of phenomena long relegated to the realm of the "supernatural," and of new theories now unifying these phenomena with leading physicists' understandings of the universe.
Editorials
Library Journal
This revised edition is more of a history than an encyclopedic study, although it is a thorough review of the literature of the occult and the paranormal, mystical, and religious roots of what can broadly be termed ``consciousness.'' The study is filled with useful information, although it tends to accept the information without evaluating how it fits into the fabric of science, when often the data directly conflict with the rest of science. One wonders, for example, why the magician James Randi's exposure and duplication of psychic surgery is not mentioned (although his work on faith healing is). Most of the healings described have little or no scientific evidence to back them up. They may be useful in suggesting future research, but by themselves the data, and this book, must be used with caution.-- Gordon Stein, Univ. of Rhode Island, KingstonBook Details
Published
July 1, 1997
Publisher
Marlowe & Co
Pages
457
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781569247471