This is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the types of psychologies and therapies available from Eastern and Western sources. Each chapter contains a specific exercise to help the reader understand the nature and practice of specific therapies.

Accessible and stimulating introduction to Roger Penrose's vision of theoretical physics for the twenty-first century.

Shows that human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.

Surrender to the present moment, where problems do not exist. It is here we find our joy, are able to embrace our true selves and discover that we are already complete and perfect. This title demonstrates how to live a healthier and happier life by living in the present moment.

Describes various facets of human language - its biological origin, its uniqueness to humanity, it acquisition by children, its grammatical structure, the production and perception of speech, the pathology of language disorders and the unstoppable evolution of languages and dialects.

Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? This book aims to bring together various theories of consciousness studies, from those based on neuroscience to those based on quantum theory or Eastern philosophy. It also explores nature of self, possibility of artificial consciousness in robots, and more.

Joy, sorrow, jealousy and awe - these and other feelings are the stuff of our daily lives. Drawn from the author's research and his experience with neurological patients, this book examines how feelings and the emotions that underlie them support the governance of human affairs.

How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? This book attempts to clarify the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories using illustrations, cartoons, and experiments.

A re-issue of Gregory Bateson's classic work. It summarizes Bateson's thinking on the subject of the patterns that connect living beings to each other and to their environment.

Trying to make sense of Timothy Leary's eight neurological circuits, G I Gurdjieff's self-observations exercises, Alfred Korzybski's general semantics, Aleister Crowley's magical theorems, and the several disciplines of Yoga, this is a book about how the human mind works and what you can do to make the most of yours.

Despite its apparent materiality, the universe is actually a kind of 3-D projection and is ultimately no more real than a hologram. Using this theory, the author presents his idea of reality. This includes not only reality as we know it, but also an explanation of paranormal phenomena.

Studies the spontaneous and reflective dimension of human experience. To create common ground between mind in science and mind in experience, the authors develop a dialogue between cognitive science and Buddhist meditative psychology, placing it in relation to such traditions as phenomenology.

Lets us re-examine many cherished ideas about knowledge, imagination, consciousness and the intellect. This book features a classic example of philosophy.

Presents an account of the place of men and women in a universe of sex and gender, self and society, and spirit and soul in a question-and-answer format. This book provides an introduction to the author's integral theory of consciousness that draws from the wisdom of various traditions of inquiry, and offers views on many topics of controversy.

An attack on current orthodoxies in the philosophy of mind. The author argues that there can be no study of the mind that leaves out consciousness as it is the neglect of consciousness that results in barrenness and sterility in psychology, the philosophy of mind and cognitive science.

Argues that the biological understanding of human nature threatens humane values. This book reveals positive arguments for the compatibility of biology and humanism.

Deals with a process of deliberating induced brain change. This book explores Sirius, Synchronicities, and Secret Societies; Crowley, Christ and Karma; Dope, Death and Divinity; and The Illuminati.

Everyone knows that sub-atomic particles have some very strange qualities. Light sometimes behaves like a particle, sometimes like a wave. Objects separated by vast distances interact faster than the speed of light. This work shows how these quantum properties are being observed in larger and larger objects.