The Roots of Consciousness: The Classic Encyclopedia of Consciousness Studies Revised and Expanded

by Jeffrey Mishlove

Jeffrey Mishlove's original pathbreaking compendium of learning in the field of parapsychology, The Roots of Consciousness has undergone a significant metamorphosis through major revisions, updating, and synthesis of materials and issues.

The book in its current edition brings the reader new insights, reflecting the enormous changes that the field has undergone in the past two decades as leading theorists have explored phenomena which point to a reality having not three or four but many dimensions.

In this new edition Mishlove gives skeptics room to voice their most sophisticated criticism of parapsychology research and allows researchers their most articulate responses.

The reader will find a clear and unbiased presentation of a wide variety of phenomena long relegated to the realm of the "supernatural," and of new theories now unifying these phenomena with leading physicists' understandings of the universe.

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Spirituality, History, Reference, Religion

478 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Jeffrey Mishlove was the first student at the University of California, Berkeley, (or at any accredited university in the U.S.) to create an interdisciplinary, doctoral major in parapsychology. His best known work, The Roots of Consciousness, served as partial fulfillment of his examination requirements.

Reviews

[Alan Hughes · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a very unusual book. It looks at first like a serious study on aspects of consciousness. However, on further exploration it is a garbage can filled to the brim with every new-age, alternative, cultish, psychic, telekinetic and mysterious piece of crap. It is harder to imagine a book containing more misinformation or one less well edited. As an anthology of weirdness it may be useful. Some chapters are so badly written that, at least, their incomprehensibility does spare the reader's incredulity being further stretched.

[Clive Warner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seriously interesting book about all aspects of consciousness. The final part involves some kind of weird algebra and I found that section totally incomprehensible.

[Simon Vigneault · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an absolute gold mine. Beware: if you want to remain a sceptic re 'parapsychology', stay well away. I would also highly recommend Mishlove's Thinking Allowed, and the newer (currently ongoing) chapter New Thinking Allowed YouTube interview series.

[Eugene Pustoshkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Прочитал книгу в русском переводе В. Данченко — значительно сокращённое издание, опубликованное киевской «Софией» в 1995 г. Книга явно заслуживает переиздания в полной версии. Буду ещё дочитывать более полный оригинал The Roots of Consciousness (расширенное и пересмотренное издание).

[Dan Pouliot · Rating 4 out of 5]

My mom had this when I was a teen; it was highly influential in my formative years!

[Chris Meger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exhaustive, I mean, pretty much every single, cross eyed blissed out, bat-shit crazy new age idea gets explored pretty thoroughly here. I keep it close when I need to prove something weird.

[Stephanie]

Wow!

[Stephen Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

more of a reference book for dipping into

[GONZA · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is full of things I do not believe and I should have checked it out before buying it...