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

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

• 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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