Is consciousness an epiphenomenal happenstance of this particularuniverse? Or does the very concept of a universe depend upon itspresence? Does consciousness merely perceive reality, or does realitydepend upon it? Did consciousness simply emerge as an effect ofevolution? 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 ThoughtEvolution of Consciousness Neuroscience of Free Will Quantum Physics& Consciousness Out-of-Body and Near Death Experiences Dreams &Hallucinations Paleolithic Cosmology & SpiritualitySelf-Consciousness in Apes, Dolphins, Cephalopods, MachinesConsciousness in Extra-Terrestrials Sexual Consciousness HowConsciousness Becomes the Physical UniverseOver 70 ConsciousnessRaising Articles By: 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, Jack Sarfatti, EtzelCardena, Larry Dossey, Bruce Greyson, Roger Nelson, Paola Zizzi, RudolphTanzi, Ernesto Di Mauro, Michael Nauenberg, Thomas Suddendorf, LoriMarino, Andrea E. Cavanna, Ian Tattersall, Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis, BruceGreyson, Milford H. Wolpoff, Edgar Mitchell, Thomas H. Huxley, RenéDescartes, Sigmund Freud, Williams James, and many more.ThisText Is Divided into 14 Sections with 70+ Chapters Section I. Cosmologyof Consciousness Section II. Brain and Mind Section III. What isConsciousness Section IV. Consciousness and Thought Section V. TheNeuroanatomy of the Unconscious Section VI. Remote Consciousness SectionVII. Self-Consciousness - Dissociated, Shared, Near Death ConsciousnessSection VIII. Dreams, Hallucinations & Altered States ofConsciousness Section IX. Origins & Evolution of ConsciousnessSection X. Paleolithic Consciousness: Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon,Spirituality, Sexuality Section XI. Animal and Artificial ConsciousnessSection XII. Quantum Physics and Consciousness Section XIII.Consciousness and ExtraTerrestrials Section XIV. Consciousness and theUniverseAbout the Editors Dr. Penrose shared the Wolf Prize inphysics with Stephen Hawking, and is renowned world-wide for his work ingeneral relativity, quantum mechanics, geometry and consciousness. Heis the author of many important papers and books including The Emperor'sNew Mind, Shadows of the Mind, The Road to Reality, and his latestCycles of Time, which proposes serial universes. Dr Stuart Hameroff, ofthe University of Arizona, is a world famous consciousness researcherand organizer of the conference series Toward a Science of Consciousnes
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