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Unfolding consciousness : exploring the living universe and intelligent powers in nature and humans / Edi Bilimoria, DPhil, FIMechE, FEI, FRSA.

B105.C477 B55 2022 v.1-4

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Bilimoria, Edi D., author.
Contributor:: Rosengarten Family Fund.
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Consciousness--Philosophy.; Consciousness.; Philosophical anthropology.
Physical Description:: 4 volumes : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Place of Publication:: London, United Kingdom : Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers, 2022.
Summary:: "These 4 volumes in one set are a veritable tour de force and the sine qua non of any academic or scholarly library. It represents a watershed in the worldwide perennial wisdom literature tradition. In a clear and systematic way, it explores, in the manner of the Universal Wisdom Tradition, the unfolding of Consciousness from its Unmanifest and Implicate realms, through Cosmos, and Man. Readers will find here a goldmine of wisdom, information, and resources. The principal theme is to show how the Universal Wisdom Tradition--the Perennial Philosophy--and the corroboration of some of its tenets by enlightened science of the quantum era, broadens and contextualises mainstream science beyond its existing metaphysical limitations. In this way the author believes many of the intractable problems and conundrums of science, concerning the deeper issues of consciousness and life, can be squarely faced and resolved"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:: Machine generated contents note: Detailed Contents for Volume I; 1. Who, or What Am I?; 2. The Mind-Brain-Thought Problem: Even Nobel Scientists Disagree; A Summary of What Modern Science and Neuroscience Proclaim about Consciousness; A Brain Surgeon's Perspective on Mind and Consciousness; 3. The Paradigm of Science - its Ideology, Assumptions, and Beliefs; The Philosophical and Metaphysical Basis of Materialism - Causal Closure; Rationale for Physicalism; Versions of Physicalism; Reductive Physicalism; Non-Reductive Physicalism; Objections to Physicalism from Science; The Problem of Mind; Primary and Secondary Qualities - Their Distinction; Criticisms about Rigid Distinctions; Criticisms During the Age of Enlightenment; Modern Criticisms - `Materialism Transcends Itself'; The Ensuing Scientific Basis of Mind; Modified Materialism; A Cloud with a Silver Lining; Background; Healing the Split; Goethe's Science; Goethe and Steiner; Towards a Science of Qualities; Syntropy; Synchronicity; Concluding Observations on the Materialistic Paradigm; From Physical Causal Closure to `Mental Closure'; Materialism - Its Historical Basis and Genesis; Alfred Russel Wallace; Julian Huxley; Alister Hardy; Summary - From Rational Materialism to Dogma; Summary of the Ontology and Epistemology of Natural Science; Natural Science on Human Evolution; Objections to the Restrictedness of Darwinism; 4. Limitations in the Modern Scientific Picture; To Explain Away is Not to Explain; Phenomena Science Cannot Explain Satisfactorily - Justifying the Need for a Wider Paradigm; We See What we Believe we shall See, Expect to See, and Want to See; The Message - Seeing and Hearing are Not Necessarily Looking and Listening; Vitalist and Organismic Theories; Vitalism and the Notion of Entelechy; Entelechy, Memory, and Brain; Organicism, the Chreode, Attractors, and the Concept of Organizing Fields; Dilemmas Posed by Vitalist and Organismic Theories; Morphogenesis and Morphic Resonance; Morphic Resonance Upholds the Perennial Philosophy; Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics; The Nature of Instinct and Memory, Mind and Brain; Memory and Biological Inheritance; Group Memory; Animal Telepathy; Scientific Breakthroughs; Organizing Fields; The Limitations of Establishment Biology and the Implications for Subtle Bodies; Paranormal Phenomena; Psychology and Parapsychology; Paranormal and `Psi' Phenomena - Robust and Repeatable Evidence?; Journeys Out of the Body; Near-Death Experiences; Out-of-Body Experiences; Lucid Dreaming; Mediumship; Remote Viewing and Remote Dowsing; Implications of the Above - Two Deathblows to Materialism; Quantum Physics Cracks the Backbone of Materialistic Science; Paradigm Shift Caused by Quantum Physics; The Distant Views Through the Cracks; Central Role of Consciousness Shown in Quantum Physics; Occult Chemistry and Sacred Geometry; Reincarnation; The Broader Implications of the Distant Views - A Good Case for Extraordinary Evidence?; Extraordinary Quantum Discoveries - Even Great Minds Can Disagree!; Inferences and Implications of Quantum Discoveries; The Breakdown and Abdication of `Common Sense'; Lessons Learnt from Quantum Physics; Antecedent Probabilities; Closing Reflections; Knowledge Filtration in Establishment Science; Knowledge Suppression Mechanisms; Categories of Knowledge Filtration; Suppression of Spiritualist Research Conducted by Nobel Laureates; The `Church of Scientism'; The Canons of Scientism; A Fine Scientific Definition of Pseudoscience; Lots More Data or Just a Single Experience - Which is More Convincing?; Is Scientism then a Cult?; 5. Straining Our Eyes to See Beyond - `Uncomfortable Science'; The Breakdown of Materialism - An Historical Timeline; A Paradox - Intelligence Without Brains?; But Not Really a Paradox; Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Man from Ape: Really?; Philosophical Postulates for a Broader Vision; The Present World Situation; Signs of Optimism - Post-Materialist Platforms for Science and Consciousness; Consciousness - An Elastic Term; The Idea of Consciousness - Etymology and Historical Perspective; Modern Usage; The Spectrum of Consciousness; Physical Consciousness; Lower Consciousness; Higher Consciousness; A Spectrum of Consciousness; Mind and Brain; Group Consciousness - Group Mind and Individuation; Extinction Rebellion and `Greta effect'; Cosmic Consciousness; The Nature of Memory; Summary; An Example to Illustrate the Omnipresence of Consciousness in Mind and Brain; 6. A New Continent of Thought; The Plastic Brain; Conclusions and Implications for a Paradigm Transformation; The Analytical Approach to Enquiry - Left-Brain Thinking; The Holistic Approach to Enquiry - The Marriage of Left-Brain and Right-Brain Thinking: the Emissary Led by the Master; The Many and the One - Contrasting the Analytical Approach with the Holistic Approach to Enquiry; A Gateway Through Materialism to Wider Horizons; First Functional Dependence - Productive; Second Functional Dependence - Releasing; Third Functional Dependence - Transmissive; Concluding Insights; Resume; 7. The Mystery Teachings of All Ages - A General Overview; Our Journey So Far; The Mysteries - A Preamble; The Charge of Medleval Superstition; A Matter of Definitions; Spirit and Spiritual - What Do They Imply?; Philosophy - What Is It, and Who is a Philosopher?; Theosophy - What Does It Mean?; Theosophy and the Perennial Philosophy - What Is Their Relation?; Mysticism - What Really Is It?; Esotericism and exotericism - what DO THEY mean?; The Esoteric-Exoteric Contrast in Relation to Religion; Esoteric Re-enactment of Religious Experience; Exoteric Interpretations of Religious Experience; Summary of Key Precepts; Occultism and Occult Science - What Exactly Do They Mean?; Etymology; The Word `Occult' Used in Two Different Senses; Newton's Defence of Occult Qualities; Specific Use of the term `Occult' in this Work; What is `Science' in the Context of Occult Science?; True Occultism and the Black Arts - The Essential Difference of Meaning; The Use and Misuse of the Secrets of Nature; White Magic, Sorcery, and Black Magic - What are the Differences?; Psychic and Psychic Powers - What Are They?; Mysticism, Esotericism, Occultism, and Psychism - Subtle Shades of Meaning; Metaphysics-What Is It?; Summary of Key Ideas; The Language of the Mysteries and the Use of `Blinds'; The Charge of Secrecy; Adepts and Initiates - Who, or What Are They?; Why All the Mystery Surrounding the Lives and Whereabouts of Adepts and Masters?; Can the Adepts be Contacted - If so, How?; The Mystery Schools and Their Teachings; Objectives and Purpose; Location of the Mystery Schools - Ancient and Modern; Emissaries of the Mystery Schools and Their Fate; Qualifications for Initiation in the Mystery Schools; Preparation for the Degrees of Initiation; Degrees of Initiation; 8. What Occult Science Affirms - its Contrast with Natural Science; Scientific and Occult Methods of Investigating Nature and Man; The Method of Science; The Occult Method; Method of Research; The Test of Truth; Scientific and Occult Methods Contrasted; Mystic Meditation Technique; Occult Science - A Global Overview; The Occult Doctrine; Three Fundamental Axioms - Unity, Periodicity, Reunification; Seven Principles; The Occult Doctrine on Evolution; Essential Characteristics of Occultism; The Hermetic Axiom - The Modus Operandi of Occultism; The Macrocosm and the Microcosm - Their Fundamental Meaning; The Corpus Hermeticum, the Emerald Tablet, and the Hermetic Axiom; Rationale and Justification for the Principle of Correspondence; Hermetic Axiom Example - Cosmic Birth and Human Birth Correspondence; Hermetic Axiom - Evidence; Science and Occultism - Contrasted and; Complemented; 9. The Mystery Teachings About Man - Who, or What Am I?; Purpose of the Mysteries - Unfolding Man's Inner Nature; The Mysteries of Antiquity; Greek and Early Christian Mysteries; Egyptian Mysteries; The Symbolism of Osiris and Isis; Persian Mysteries - Mithraism and Zarathustrianism; Indian Mysteries; American Mysteries; North American Mysteries; Central American Mysteries; South American Mysteries; A Closing Note on the Mysteries of Antiquity; Contemporary Mystery Teachings - The Theosophical Movement; The Issue of Sambhala; Related Nineteenth Century Spiritual Teachings; Transcendentalism; New Thought; The Debasement of New Thought; Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Over-Soul; Post-Emersonian New Thought During the Era of Theosophy; Thomas Troward; Ralph Waldo Trine; Walter Bowman Russell; A Closing Note on Contemporary Mystery Teachings and Nineteenth Century Spiritual Teachings; The Consummate Achievement of the Mysteries - Man, United With Him-Self; Recapitulation: Unifying Consciousness Through Science and the Mystery Teachings; The Spirit of Science or Scientism?; Convergence and Consilience Contrasted - A Matter of Proof; The Need for a Science of Consciousness; So is Science An `Enemy of Reason' Because `I don't want to discuss evidence'?; Or Is Science a Humble Enquiry into Truth and the Unknown?; Man - Consciousness Enfleshed; Contents note continued: The Soul - What Does it Mean?; Spirit-Soul-Body - Their Role and Function in Man; Afterword; Appendix I-A Timeline of the Progression of the Physical Sciences - Physics and Cosmology; The Situation at the Close of the Nineteenth Century and the Opening of the Twentieth Century; The New Insight Emerging During the Early Twentieth Century; A Timeline Showing How Physics and Cosmology have Progressed since the Turn of the Twentieth Century; Appendlx I-B Timeline of the Progression of the Life Sciences - Biology and Evolution; The Situation from the Mid to Late Nineteenth Century; A Timeline Showing How Enlightened and Mainstream Life Sciences have Progressed since the Turn of the Twentieth Century; Detailed Contents for Volume II; 1. What Occult Science says about the Composition of Man - Clearing the Decks; Main Reasons for Confusion about the Composition of Man; Diverse Terminology Amongst Various Esoteric Traditions; The Question of Language; Distinguishing Principles from Planes - The Contribution of Modern Physics in Bringing Clarity; Thinking in Dichotomies; Errors of Category; Mix-up of Levels; `Layer Cake' or `Onion Skins' Depictions of Man's Composition; Difference Between the Constitution and the Nature of Man; Constitution of John Smith - How He is `Budded Up'; Nature of John Smith - How He Functions; Resume of Principal Philosophical Precepts; 2. The Occult Constitution of Man - How Man is `Builded Up'; The Dual Constitution of Man - Individuality and Personality; The Triple Constitution of Man - Spirit, Soul, and Body; The Triple and Septenary Constitution of Man - Rationale and Overriding Considerations; The Septenary Constitution of Man - Detailed Exposition; The Post-Mortem States and Locales of Man; Are Desires Good or Evil?; 3. The Occult Nature of Man - How Man Functions; Preliminary Considerations - The Meaning of Kosa, Upadhi, Vahana, and Soul; Kosa-A Sheath; Upadhi and Vahana; Upadhi - A Base; Vahana - A Carrier; Soul - A Conveyor; The Dual Nature of Man; The Triple Nature of Man; The Quintuple Nature of Man; The Septenary Nature of Man; The Boundaries of Man - How He is Held Together; Apex and Foundation - Supporting Structure Demarcating Boundaries; Three Principal Upadhis - Demarcating States of Consciousness; Three Souls; Distinguishing Ego from Self, and Individuality from Personality; Egoic Centres and Corresponding Vehicles of Consciousness; 4. The Three Selves - Man's Three Primary Vehicles of Consciousness; The Auric Egg; The Causal, or Karmic Body and the Augoeides; The Mortal Vesture - Physical body, Astral body, Mayavi-rupa, and Lower mind; Mayavi-rupa - The Illusory Vehicle; Evidence of the Mayavi-rupa; The Lower mind and its Faculties; The Action of the Higher Mind on the Personal Self; 5. Death is Transition-Time at the Door of Eternity; First Transition - From Physical Life on Earth to Astral Life in Kama-loka; Physical Death and Immediately After; Post-Mortem Consciousness in Kama-loka; The Second Death; Second Transition - From Astral Life in Kama-loka to Spiritual Life in Devachan; Post-Mortem Consciousness in Devachan - The `Kingdom of the Gods'; The State of Devachan; What is Conscious in Devachan?; Clarifying Some Common Misapprehensions; Who Enters Devachan?; The Question of Time; The Question of Immortality; The Question of Reward and Punishment; Third Transition - From Spiritual Life to a New Life on Earth; The Phenomena of Apparitions; Photographic Pictures in Support of Apparitional Phenomena; The State of Avitchi and the Eighth Sphere; Antahkarana - The Connection Between the Personal and the Divine: Man's Spiritual Life-Support; Purpose and Function; How Formed; Accountability for Human Traits; Mounting Scientific Corroboration of the Occult Doctrine on Near-Death and Post-Mortem States; The Transitional State between Life and Afterlife - The Evidence; Psychic Communications - The Evidence; After-Death Communications - The Evidence; Summary of the Cycle of Reincarnation and Post-Mortem States - Death as Transition and Release; Postlude - The Silent Door of Eternity; 6. Clarifying Some Common Misconceptions; The Distinction Between Individuality and Personality; The Distinction Between Soul and Spirit; The Dual Nature of Manas and the Function of Antahkarana; Is Man Just an Animal?; Did Human Beings Evolve from Apes?; 7. Is the Brain a `Wet Computer' - Are Humans `Lumbering Robots'? The Closing of the Scientific Mind; The Master Analogy - `The Brain is Just a Computer'; The Computationalist Strategy and Argumentation; Roboticism, or Zombieism; Functionalism; Brain States; The Computationalist Master Analogy - Its Fatal Flaws; Seeing Without Eyes - Hearing Without Ears; Deeper Neurological and Philosophical Issues at Stake; The Divided Brain; The Computationalist Argumentation - Its Philosophical Background; The Computationalist Master Analogy - Why it Breaks Down; The Philosophical Weaknesses in the Computationalist Argumentation; A Summary of What the Computationalist Master Analogy Cannot Explain; The Closing of the Scientific Mind - The Inviolability of Materialistic Theories; Concluding Remarks; A Suggested Way Forward; So Are Human Beings `Lumbering Robots' After All?; Postlude - Will Robots Overtake Humanity?; 8. Diverse Classifications of the Composition of Man - Harmony with Different World Teachings; Field of Enquiry; Method of Comparing the Various Occult Teachings on the Composition of Man; Comparisons During the Era of the Theosophical Movement; The Evolution of Classical Theosophical Literature; This Unveiled': Year 1877; `The Mahatma Letters' and `Esoteric Buddhism': Period 1880-1883; `The Secret Doctrine' and `The Key to Theosophy': Period 1888-1889; `Collected Writings VolumeX-A Dialogue Between the Two Editors': Year 1888; `The Esoteric Writings' also `The Secret Doctrine Volume III': Period 1889-1891; Post-Classical Theosophy; The Besant and Vedanta Systems; The Leadbeater System; The Jinardjaddsa System; The Pavri System; The Taimni System; Later Teachings in the Theosophical Tradition; Commentary; Parallels with the Eastern Doctrines; Indian Systems - Buddhist, Vedantic, and Taraka Raja-Yoga; The Esoteric Buddhist Classification; The Vedantic and Brahmanical Classifications; Zarathustrian and Egyptian Teachings and their Corroboration with the Indian Teachings; Parallels with the Western Doctrines; Corroboration with the Greek and Pauline Traditions; Greek Teachings; Teaching of Saint Paul; Astrological Correspondences; Corroboration with the Fourth Way School of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky; Corroboration with the Anthroposophy of Rudolf Steiner; Corroboration with Modern Transpersonal Psychology of Ken Wilber, et al.; Summation; Coda: How to Construct and Energize a Human Being - a Temple of the Divine; Cardinal Precepts; The Principles of Man; Consciousness and Mind; Constructing and Energizing a Man for Terrestrial Existence; Constructing a Man for Life on Earth; The Pivot-Point - The `Cement' of Desire and Mind; Energizing a Man for Life on Earth; Appendix II-A Light, Ether, and the Theory of Relativity - an Extended Example of `Knowledge Filtration' in Science; Source Reference Book; Academic Books and Papers; Closing Note; Appendix II-B Antahkarana - its Purpose and Function; Appendix II-C The Traditionalist Stance and Mindset - Truth from just One Authority?; Entrenched Attitudes - Two Main Contributory Factors; The Underlying Lesson; Detailed Contents for Volume III; 1. Symbolism - the Language of the Mystery Teachings; Aiming for Clarity of Meaning; The Cone - A Symbol to Clarify Meaning; Symbolism - One of the Universal Keys to Wisdom; The Thread and the Dog - Always Finding the Source; The Labyrinth and the Forest - From Indecision and Confusion to Resolution; The Symbol of the Labyrinth; Building the Historical Labyrinth at Knossos; Walking Into, and Out Of the Cretan Labyrinth - Entering, and Leaving Incarnation; The Symbol of the Forest; Deucalion and Pyrrha - The Sequential Unfolding of Consciousness; The Fish and the Pool - Enjoying the World but Seeking its Source; The Symbols of the Tarot; The Hermit - Concealing the Light of Wisdom; The Lovers - The Price of Free Will; The Judgement - Liberating the Spiritual Nature from the Material Sepulchre; The Game of Chess - The Drama of Life; The Alchemical Marriage - A Uniting Spiritual Culture; The Philosophers Stone - Human Regeneration; Beethoven's Fidelio - The Union of the Spiritual and the Human; Dangers of Symbolism Misused and Misinterpreted; Biblical Controversies; Apostolic and Prophetic Relics as Examples of Ludicrous Associations; Animal Sacrifice; 2. Symbolic Representations of the Unity of Cosmos, Nature, and Man; The Zodiac - In Astronomy and Astrology; The Astronomical Zodiac and its Signs; The Astrological Zodiac and the Ages of Mankind; The Bembine Table of Isis; Symbolic Significance of the Bembine Table of Isis; Commentary on the Symbolic Significance of the Bembine Table of Isis; The Zodiac, and Man Mirrored through Symbols; Is Astrology a Pseudoscience or a Royal Science?; Contents note continued: 3. Man is the Measure of All Things - the Human Body in Symbolism; General Precepts - Why is Man the `Measure of All Things'?; From Exaltation to Idolization; The Anatomical Analogy; The Three Grand Centres of Consciousness-Power; Modern Science is Now Discovering that the Heart Rules the Head; What Occult Science Affirms; Western Science Now Confirms; Neurocardiology and the Primacy of the Human Heart; Uniting Occult Science with Modern Science - Occult Neuroanatomy; Anatomical Symbolism of Members of the Human Body; The Occult Powers in Man - Symbolic Representations; The Mystery of the Great Pyramid - The Mystery of Man; Awakening the Occult Powers in Man's Nature; 4. Symbolic Representations of the Principles of Man; Saptaparna - The Seven-Leafed Man-Plant; Saptaparna and the Constitution of Man; The Flame and the Sparks; The Rosicrucian Rose; The Sephirothic Tree - The Divine Nature Immanent in Existence; The Image of God in Matter; The Image of God in Man; The Mythical Tree - The Aswatha or Bodhi Tree; Man - The Cube Unfolded; 5. The Hermetic Axiom and the Law of Analogy; Defining What We Mean by Analogy, Correspondence, and Correlation; The Divine Mandate - The Way of Occult Science; Reduce Everything to Terms of Consciousness; The Key of Analogy; Learning the Formula Before Summing Up the Series; Parallelisms between Human and Cosmic Principles; Parallelisms between Principles in the Human Being and Physical Nature; Correspondences between Human Principles with States of Matter, Colours, and Sounds; The Human Body as a Divine Musical Instrument; Summing Up; 6. Cosmogenesis: The Unfolding of Consciousness - Kosmic Planes to Terrestrial Planes; The Microcosm Mirrors the Macrocosm; Aiming for Clear Definitions - The Distinction between Cosmos, Kosmos, Universe, and World; The Meaning of Cosmos; The Meaning of Kosmos; Kosmos and the Multiverse; The Meaning of Universe and World; The Seven Planes of Kosmos; The Process of Cosmic Unfoldment; The Four Lower Planes of Manifestation; Akasa, the Astral Light, and the Memory of Nature and Man; The Septenary Planes of Kosmos Mirror the Septenary Principles of Man; Relationship Between Kosmic Physical Plane and Septenary Principles of Man; Recapitulation; 7. Anthropogenesis: the Unfolding of Consciousness - Divine Self to Human Body; The Meeting of East and West - Hinduism and Christianity; Sutras from the holy science alongside verses from the holy bible - From Divine Consciousness to the Human Body; Sutra 1 The Gospel; Sutra 2 The Gospel; Sutra 3 The Gospel; Sutra 4 The Gospel; Sutra 5 The Gospel; Sutra 6 The Gospel; Sutras 7-10 The Gospel; Sutra 11 The Gospel; Sutra 12 The Gospel; The Emanational Emergence of Man - An Esoteric Exposition; Portions from the Esoteric Section Instructions; The Descent of Species; E. S. Instruction No. I; The Union of Samkhya Philosophy and Christianity with Theosophy; The Incarnation of Physical Man; 8. From External Sensation to Internal Experience - the Subjective Perception of an Objective Universe; The Schrodinger Mind-Sensation Problem - Identifying Specific Issues; Defining What We Mean - Discerning Neural Correlate from Neural Transducer of Consciousness; The Chief Impediments to Understanding; Steps Towards a Resolution of the Problem of Sensate Experience; Overriding Considerations; Space, Time, and the Role of Maya in Emanational Manifestation; Newton and Shakespeare on Space, Time, and Maya; Consciousness-Matter and Subject-Object Relationships; Distinguishing Consciousness from its Forms; The Overall Process of Emanation; Restating the Problem of Sense Perception and Experience; The Interaction of Divine Mind with Individual Mind; Individual Mind Mirrors Divine Mind; Three Mental Currents; Spiritual Resonances; From Perception to Sensation and the Role of Cosmic Elements; The Process of Emanational Descent from the Unmanifest to the Manifest; The Subject-Object Differentiation; The Five Cosmic Elements - Their Active and Passive Aspects in Universal Nature; The Perception of the Physical Universe; The Transmutation from Neurology to Experience - Vitalism and the Nervous Ether; What Mainstream Neuroscience Proposes; What Enlightened Science Intimates; Non-instrumental Perception and Action; Terminal Lucidity; The Interface Between Neuroscience and Consciousness - Its Implications; Problems in Neuroscience Resolved by Occult Science; 9. Divine Forces in the Human Being - the Awakening of Latent Faculties and Powers of Consciousness; Divine Forces in the Human Being; The Role of Divine Forces; Vitalism and the Nervous Ether; Life is More Than Physical Chemistry; Neural Transducers of Consciousness - The Role of the Pituitary Body and Pineal Gland; Physiological Role; Latent Powers in Man; Involutionary and Evolutionary Cycles; The Third Eye; The Pineal Gland and the Polarity of Spirituality and Sexuality; The Pituitary Body and its Relation to the Pineal Gland; The Opened Third Eye - The Faculty and Fruits of Awakened Consciousness; The Faculty of Intuition; Awakening the Latent Powers in Man; The Samyama Technique for Directly Accessing Intuitive Knowledge; Activation of the Cakras; The Opening of the Third Eye and the Role of Psychedelic Drugs; An Example of Controlled Experiments with Psychedelic Drugs; An Example of Mass Havoc Induced by the Indiscriminate Use of Psychedelic Drugs; Medical Research Using Psychedelic Drugs; How Mind-Altering Drugs Act on the Human Body; Warnings from Goethe and Steiner about the Dangers of Premature Entrance into Higher Worlds; Hallmarks of a Genuine Spiritual Experience; The Eye Made Single - The Broadcasting and Receiving Apparatus of Thought; Scientific Evidence about the Aura during Meditation; The Flowering of Latent Powers in Man - The Fruits of Intuition; 10. Man's Limitless Evolution - Our Unfinished Journey; Definite Words for Definite Things; Evolution in the Darwinian Meaning; Evolution of the Kingdoms of Nature according to the Perennial Philosophy; As the Human Body, So is Earth; Implications for an All-embracing Understanding of Evolution; Cyclic Evolution and Involution Involving Spirit and Matter; Summary of Overriding Precepts on Evolution; The Origin of Man; Darwinism; The True Origin of Species; The Antiquity of Man - The Evidence from Archaeology; Comparison of Suppressed Archaeological Evidence with Vedic Doctrine; Devolution - The Actual Origin of Species; The Question of Intelligent Design; Blind Chance; Intelligent Design by a Creator God; The Multiverse; The Anthropic Principle; Afterword - Darwinism and Materialism Through the Looking-Glass; The Evolution of Man - The Indispensable Complement of Occult Science; Science in Borderless Touch with Occult Science; How do we Raise our Consciousness to Supernal Heights?; Raising Consciousness - Explaining what it Means; A Diagram of Meditation; The Tabernacle of Moses in the Wilderness; The Tabernacle - Our Own Home; The State of Enlightenment and the Quality of Genius; 11. Summary of the Theme - Consciousness is an ELEMENT; The Janus Faces of Science; The Enlightened Janus Face of Science Embracing both Past and Future - The Indispensable Role of Science; The Dark Face of Science - What Science Pretends to Know and Answer; The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man in Search and Reclamation of a Soul; Science through the Looking-Glass - A Wide-Ranging Perspective on Science; The True Business of Science; The Role of Doubt and Scepticism in Scientific Enquiry; The Scientific Spirit - A Rare Quality; The Perennial Philosophy - The Sacred Thread that Binds; Principal Attributes of the Perennial Philosophy; A Matter of Proof and the Methodology of the Perennial; Philosophy; General Precepts of the Perennial Philosophy; Consciousness is an ELEMENT; Problems and Challenges of the Spiritual Aspirant - The Dark Janus Face of Spirituality; Warning Signs of Evil Motives and Influences; Destiny, Meaning, and Purpose; Epilogue: Towards Immortality; The Boar - Symbol of the Divine Messenger; The Butterfly - Symbol of Transitions in Consciousness; Materialism Still Smoulders; The Current Neurological Imperative; The Primacy of Matter as the Legacy of the Vienna School; The Masks of Omniscience; The Promise of Promissory Materialism; A Hippocratic Oath for Scientists; Scientism Versus the True Spirit of Science; The Legacy of Materialism in Science, Religion, Philosophy, andEconomics; The Disdain of Wisdom and Ethics; Nature's Hidden Purposes; So Why is it that `Science is Our Best Ally'?; Humanity's Yearning for Illumination; The Two Paths - Two Classes of Human Beings; Man's Yearning for Immortality; The Way of Eugenics, Transhumanism, and Cryonics; The Path of the Spirit; A Mathematical Codicil: Mathematics Alludes to the World as Mind, the Matrix of all Matter; A General Appreciation; How Does Matter Originate and Exist by Virtue of a Force?; Philosophical Propositions; From Mathematics to Consciousness; Further Examples on the Power of Mathematics, with Technical Details; Contents note continued: The Predictive Power of Mathematics - Examples of Physical Constants of Nature and Human Gestation Period; Structure of the Body of Experience - The Complex Unit Circle; Consciousness and the Human Brain Mathematically Formulated; The Exposition; Query I; Argument I; Proposition I; Query II; Argument II; Proposition II; Query III; Argument III; Proposition III; Reflections; An Example of Mathematics Used to Solve Problems in the Objective, Physical World; How Do the Fluid Dynamics Equations Apply to Simulation and Modelling?; Queries; Inferences; Propositions; Reflections - Drawing the Threads Together; Finale; Detailed Contents for Volume IV; Definitions; Editorial Notes.
Notes:: Includes bibliographical references (vol. 4, pages 39-68) and index.
Local Notes:: Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:: 0856835358; 9780856835353; 0856835366; 9780856835360; 0856835374; 9780856835377; 0856835382; 9780856835384; 0856835447; 9780856835445
OCLC:: 1259508375
Publisher Number:: 99990941802

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