Part one: the search for cosmic consciousness
R.M. Bucke and the future of humanity
William James and the anesthetic revelation
Henri Bergson and the Elan Vital
The superman
A.R. Orage and the new age
Ouspensky's fourth dimension
Part two: esoteric evolution
The bishop and the bulldog
Enter the madame
Dr. Steiner, I presume?
From Goethean science to the wisdom of the human being
Cosmic evolution
Hypnagogia
Part three: the archaeology of consciousness
The invisible mind
Cracking the egg
Lost worlds
Noncerebral consciousness
The split
Part four: participatory epistemology
The shock of metaphor
The participating mind
The tapestry of nature
Thinking about thinking
The black hole of consciousness
Other times and places
Faculty X
Part five: the presence of origin
The ascent of Mount Ventoux
Structures of consciousness
The mental-rational structure
The integral structure
Last words: playing for time.
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A secret history of consciousness by Gary Lachman. ISBN 1584200111. Published by Lindisfarne Books in 2003. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
