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Download or read book Mysteries of the Mind and the Senses written by Phyllis Raybin Emert and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of strange and unexplained mysteries describes incidents wherein psychic powers played pivotal roles, from dreams throughout England that foretold imminent disaster to Susan B. Anthony's escape from a deadly fire.
Download or read book Mysteries of the Mind and Senses written by Phyllis Raybin Emert and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 1995-07-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you believe in psychic premonitions or not, Mysteries of the Mind and the Senses, replete with factual details of times, dates, and places, will stir the interest of even the most devout skeptic. Follow along as details are recounted, from dreams and feelings recorded throughout England, foretelling a disaster that occurred in a small rural village in the south of Wales. Learn of the premonition that none other than Susan B. Anthony, founder of America's Women's Suffrage movement, had that saved her from a deadly hotel fire. Read about the startling possibilities of psychometry--the ability to hold and object and read its history. These phenomena and others will compel you to turn the pages of The Mysteries of the Mind and The Senses.
Download or read book An Alchemy of Mind written by Diane Ackerman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Zookeeper's Wife, an ambitious and enlightening work that combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind. Long treasured by literary readers for her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science, celebrated scholar-artist Diane Ackerman returns with the book she was born to write. Her dazzling new work, An Alchemy of Mind, offers an unprecedented exploration and celebration of the mental fantasia in which we spend our days—and does for the human mind what the bestselling A Natural History of the Senses did for the physical senses. Bringing a valuable female perspective to the topic, Diane Ackerman discusses the science of the brain as only she can: with gorgeous, immediate language and imagery that paint an unusually lucid and vibrant picture for the reader. And in addition to explaining memory, thought, emotion, dreams, and language acquisition, she reports on the latest discoveries in neuroscience and addresses controversial subjects like the effects of trauma and male versus female brains. In prose that is not simply accessible but also beautiful and electric, Ackerman distills the hard, objective truths of science in order to yield vivid, heavily anecdotal explanations about a range of existential questions regarding consciousness, human thought, memory, and the nature of identity.
Download or read book Mysteries Of The Mind And The Senses written by Phyllis Raybin Emert and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of strange and unexplained mysteries describes incidents wherein psychic powers played pivotal roles, from dreams throughout England that foretold imminent disaster to Susan B. Anthony's escape from a deadly fire.
Download or read book Mysteries of Knowledge Beyond Our Senses Volume 1 written by Gayle Kimball and published by Equality Press. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mysteries of Knowledge Beyond the Senses: Dialogues with Courageous Scientists reports on the current research and personal characteristics of 22 visionaries from the US and the UK. They reveal information about learning from other dimensions, altered states of consciousness, extrasensory perception, dreams, near-death experiences, remote viewing, parapsychology, etc. Vanguard scientists believe there is more than what we see and are formulating a non-materialist paradigm that expands human potential, including mind and matter interaction. Going against the dominant worldview evokes ridicule, as in Why study flying pigs? The book explores the personal backgrounds of the scientists to find out why they are so courageous. We learn that there are other dimensions that allow for enhanced abilities, based on extensive interviews by Gayle Kimball, the award-winning author of 20 books who does clairvoyant work as well as research. The trilogy includes books about the mysteries of reality and healing.
Download or read book Mind Is Flat written by Nick Chater and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a radical reinterpretation of how the mind works, an eminent behavioral scientist reveals the illusion of mental depth Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a mental “surface” of conscious awareness lies a deep and complex set of inner beliefs, values, and desires that govern our thoughts, ideas, and actions, and that to know this depth is to know ourselves. In this profoundly original book, behavioral scientist Nick Chater contends just the opposite: rather than being the plaything of unconscious currents, the brain generates behaviors in the moment based entirely on our past experiences. Engaging the reader with eye-opening experiments and visual examples, the author first demolishes our intuitive sense of how our mind works, then argues for a positive interpretation of the brain as a ceaseless and creative improviser.
Download or read book Conscious written by Annaka Harris and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "If you’ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder, some fascinating insights await you in these pages.” --Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience. What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How are we able to think about this? And why should we? In this wonderfully accessible book, Annaka Harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness. Where does it reside, and what gives rise to it? Could it be an illusion, or a universal property of all matter? As we try to understand consciousness, we must grapple with how to define it and, in the age of artificial intelligence, who or what might possess it. Conscious offers lively and challenging arguments that alter our ideas about consciousness—allowing us to think freely about it for ourselves, if indeed we can.
Download or read book The Mystery of Consciousness written by John R. Searle and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been one of the most fundamental problems of philosophy, and it is now, John Searle writes, "the most important problem in the biological sciences": What is consciousness? Is my inner awareness of myself something separate from my body? In what began as a series of essays in The New York Review of Books, John Searle evaluates the positions on consciousness of such well-known scientists and philosophers as Francis Crick, Gerald Edelman, Roger Penrose, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, and Israel Rosenfield. He challenges claims that the mind works like a computer, and that brain functions can be reproduced by computer programs. With a sharp eye for confusion and contradiction, he points out which avenues of current research are most likely to come up with a biological examination of how conscious states are caused by the brain. Only when we understand how the brain works will we solve the mystery of consciousness, and only then will we begin to understand issues ranging from artificial intelligence to our very nature as human beings.
Download or read book Phantoms in the Brain written by V. S. Ramachandran and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-08-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments -- using such low-tech tools as cotton swabs, glasses of water and dime-store mirrors. In Phantoms in the Brain, Dr. Ramachandran recounts how his work with patients who have bizarre neurological disorders has shed new light on the deep architecture of the brain, and what these findings tell us about who we are, how we construct our body image, why we laugh or become depressed, why we may believe in God, how we make decisions, deceive ourselves and dream, perhaps even why we're so clever at philosophy, music and art. Some of his most notable cases: A woman paralyzed on the left side of her body who believes she is lifting a tray of drinks with both hands offers a unique opportunity to test Freud's theory of denial. A man who insists he is talking with God challenges us to ask: Could we be "wired" for religious experience? A woman who hallucinates cartoon characters illustrates how, in a sense, we are all hallucinating, all the time. Dr. Ramachandran's inspired medical detective work pushes the boundaries of medicine's last great frontier -- the human mind -- yielding new and provocative insights into the "big questions" about consciousness and the self.
Download or read book Edgar Cayce on the Mysteries of the Mind written by Henry Reed and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Senses of Mystery written by David E. Cooper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully written book, David E. Cooper uses a gentle walk through a tropical garden – the view of the fields and hills beyond it, the sound of birds, voices and flutes, the reflection of light in water, the play of shadows among the trees and the presence of strange animals – as an opportunity to reflect on experiences of nature and the mystery of existence. Covering an extensive range of topics, from Daoism to dogs, from gardening to walking, from Zen to Debussy, Cooper succeeds in conveying some deep and difficult philosophical ideas about the meaning of life in an engaging manner, showing how those ideas bear upon the practical question of how we should relate to our world and live our lives. A thought-provoking and compelling book, Senses of Mystery is a triumph of both storytelling and philosophy.
Download or read book The Consciousness Instinct written by Michael S. Gazzaniga and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The father of cognitive neuroscience” illuminates the past, present, and future of the mind-brain problem How do neurons turn into minds? How does physical “stuff”—atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells—create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem of consciousness has gnawed at us for millennia. In the last century there have been massive breakthroughs that have rewritten the science of the brain, and yet the puzzles faced by the ancient Greeks are still present. In The Consciousness Instinct, the neuroscience pioneer Michael S. Gazzaniga puts the latest research in conversation with the history of human thinking about the mind, giving a big-picture view of what science has revealed about consciousness. The idea of the brain as a machine, first proposed centuries ago, has led to assumptions about the relationship between mind and brain that dog scientists and philosophers to this day. Gazzaniga asserts that this model has it backward—brains make machines, but they cannot be reduced to one. New research suggests the brain is actually a confederation of independent modules working together. Understanding how consciousness could emanate from such an organization will help define the future of brain science and artificial intelligence, and close the gap between brain and mind. Captivating and accessible, with insights drawn from a lifetime at the forefront of the field, The Consciousness Instinct sets the course for the neuroscience of tomorrow.
Download or read book Secret Language of the Mind written by David Cohen and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the significance of a Freudian slip? Is there a difference between men's and women's brain chemestry? Does hypnosis really work? The Secret Language of the Mind explores in fascinating detail the intriguing and ongoing mysteries about why and who we are. Over 200 full-color and b&w illustrations.
Download or read book The Mysteries of Man Mind and Mind Functions written by Swami Narayanananda and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Secret Life of the Brain written by Alfred David and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the long history of the study of anatomy, neuroscience is a relatively new field, and there are plenty of mysteries yet to be uncovered. The Secret Life of the Brain explores the fascinating advances that have been made in the field so far, from the intricacies of memory and intelligence, to the enigmatic workings behind our sense of humour and our dreams. Full of illuminating illustrations and diagrams, this book lifts the lid on how drugs affect the brain; the science behind addiction; how the brain deals with trauma and pain; and the effects on the brain of love, age, and sex. Finally, you'll get a tantalising insight into the cutting-edge theories that are attempting to get behind the elements of neuroscience which we still can't quite explain.
Download or read book MYSTERIES OF THE MIND written by Surajit Sarkar and published by Anita Foundation. This book was released on 2024-06-19 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the peaceful village of Kharsang, tucked away in the misty hills of Northeast India, a young man named Joy is struggling. His life has been marked by grief and loss, leaving him feeling disconnected and searching for a sense of purpose. As he goes about his daily life, he senses there must be more to existence—something deeper, something that transcends the mundane. One day, while wandering in the nearby forest, Joy stumbles upon an ancient pendant. At first glance, it appears to be an ordinary object, worn by time and history. But as Joy soon discovers, this pendant holds a mysterious power—one that begins to unlock the hidden layers of his mind. What starts as a series of vivid dreams and strange visions soon becomes a transformative journey into his own subconscious. Through these dreams, Joy is drawn into forgotten memories and buried emotions as the pendant opens a gateway to the depths of his psyche. Guiding him along this journey is Mr. Anand, a wise yet enigmatic figure who seems to know much about the pendant’s secrets. Mr. Anand becomes both mentor and friend to Joy, showing him how to navigate the complex and often unsettling world of the subconscious mind. Through meditation and introspection, Joy begins to see his mind not just as a tool for thinking but as a vast reservoir of untapped potential. Under Mr. Anand’s guidance, he starts to explore the power of intuition and the wisdom hidden deep within his own being. As Joy ventures further into his subconscious, he is confronted by his deepest fears and long-buried truths. The visions take him through dark corridors of the mind, forcing him to face the emotions he has suppressed for so long. In confronting these challenges, Joy begins to heal and rediscover his inner strength. His journey is not just about self-discovery; it’s about embracing the unknown and finding peace with his past. As Joy’s internal transformation unfolds, the entire village of Kharsang starts to feel the impact. His newfound awareness and inner growth ripple through the community, inspiring others to explore their own minds and emotions. The ancient pendant becomes a symbol of personal awakening, not just for Joy but for everyone around him. The villagers, once rooted in their daily routines, now seek answers in meditation, self-reflection, and deeper connections with themselves and each other. But as Joy uncovers the pendant’s full power, he realizes that its influence extends beyond personal enlightenment—it holds the potential to reshape not only his life but the entire world. Faced with this realization, Joy must decide how to use the wisdom he’s gained. Can he harness this incredible force for good, or will the powers he has unlocked be too overwhelming to control? “Mysteries of the Mind” is a captivating tale of self-discovery, intuition, and the untapped power of the subconscious. It explores the hidden depths of the human psyche and reminds us that the most profound answers often lie within ourselves.
