| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Chemistry and the mind field / Kary Mullis -- Language, politics and propaganda / Noam Chomsky -- Molecules of mind and body / Candace B. Pert -- From outer space to inner space and beyond / Edgar D. Mitchell -- Experiments that could change the world / Rupert Sheldrake -- Science and psychic phenomena / Dean Radin -- Alien encounter therapy / John E. Mack -- Designing Higher Intelligence / Ray Kurzweil -- Robots and children of the mind / Hans Moravec -- Strange brains and mathematical games / Clifford Pickover -- Future cultures and subcultures / Bruce Sterling -- Bio-media theory / Douglas Rushkoff -- Quantum sociology and neuropolitics / Robert Anton Wilson -- Napalm, silly putty, and human nature / George Carlin -- Realist and surrealist / Paul Krassner -- Raising the IQ of the global brain / Peter Russell -- Quantum spirituality / Deepak Chopra -- Here, now, and tomorrow / Ram Dass -- Medical freedom and cannabis consciousness / Valerie Corral -- Magic, magick and shamanism / Jeff McBride -- Sacred reflections and transfigurations / Alex Grey. |
| Summary |
Part scientific exploration and part philosophical speculation, this book is a collection of interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time about the future of the human race, and the mystery of consciousness, from scientific, philosophical and spiritual perspectives. It explores such topics as the future evolution of technology and consciousness, the relationship between science and religion, ecology and human values, altered states of consciousness, the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life, psychic phenomena, life after death, and the fate of the human race.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Consciousness.
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Social prediction.
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New Age persons -- Interviews.
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| ISBN |
1403965323 |
| Standard No. |
9781403965325 52695 |
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