The Roots of Consciousness

Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

APPENDIX: CONSCIOUSNESS -- A HYPERSPACE VIEW BY SAUL-PAUL SIRAG



Introduction

Consciousness as Reflection Space

Coda

References

Glossary

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