Consciousness and the Universe

Is consciousness an epiphenomenal happenstance of this particular universe? Or does the very concept of a universe depend upon its presence? Does consciousness merely perceive reality, or does reality depend upon it? Did consciousness simply emerge as an effect of evolution? Or was it, in some sense, always "out there" in the world? These questions and more, are addressed in this special edition.

FEATURING

Cosmological Foundations of Consciousness
Origins of Thought
Evolution of Consciousness
Neuroscience of Free Will
Quantum Physics & Consciousness
Out-of-Body and Near Death Experiences
Dreams & Hallucinations
Paleolithic Cosmology & Spirituality
Self-Consciousness in Apes, Dolphins, Cephalopods, Machines
Consciousness in Extra-Terrestrials Sexual Consciousness
How Consciousness Becomes the Physical Universe

Over 70 Consciousness Raising Articles By:
Henry P. Stapp, Deepak Chopra, Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Brandon Carter, Michael Persinger, Walter Freeman, Howard Shevrin, Arnold Trehub, Bruce MacLennan, GianCarlo Ghirardi, Don Page, Shan Gao, Gordon Globus, Fred Kuttner, Bruce Rosenblum, Etzel Cardena, Larry Dossey, Bruce Greyson, Roger Nelson, Rudolph Tanzi, Ernesto Di Mauro, Michael Nauenberg, Thomas Suddendorf, Lori Marino, Andrea E. Cavanna, Ian Tattersall, Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis, Bruce Greyson, Milford H. Wolpoff, Edgar Mitchell, Thomas H. Huxley, Rene Descartes, Williams James, and many more.

This Text Is Divided into 13 Sections with nearly 70 Chapters

Section I. Cosmology of Consciousness

Section II. Brain and Mind

Section III. What is Consciousness

Section IV. Consciousness and Thought

Section V. Remote Consciousness

Section VI. Self-Consciousness - Dissociated, Shared, Near Death Consciousness

Section VII. Dreams, Hallucinations & Altered States of Consciousness

Section VIII. Origins & Evolution of Consciousness

Section IX. Paleolithic Consciousness: Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon, Spirituality, Sexuality

Section X. Animal and Artificial Consciousness

Section XI. Quantum Physics and Consciousness

Section XII. Consciousness and ExtraTerrestrials

Section XIII. Consciousness and the Universe