Reviews for Psychology of Consciousness

The average rating for Psychology of Consciousness based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-11-09 00:00:00 Jim White I bought this book when I was 13 and never read it. I WISH I had. Although published in 1972, the book covers a wide spectrum of topics that are considered mainstream today. These include meditation techniques, mindfulness in activities and present-focus, right-brain vs left-brain physiology and pyschology, psychoactive substances and other methods of entering altered states of consciousness, shamanism, as well as eastern vs western psychology traditions. In addition, he presents a number of studies on parapsychology and brain research that although dated, are quite interesting. He even covers Sufism and Whirling Dervishes. Frankly, this book is an excellent primer (or summary) on the Psychology of Consciousness because it incorporates so much in 250 pages. He also includes an excellent bibliography. I am shocked at how much was already known and culturally popular in the early 70’s. Makes me wonder why we consider the new books on the evolution of consciousness and what it means

Review # 2 was written on 2009-04-24 00:00:00 Darren Pyles One of the best books that is unfortunately little known or talked about. Wisdom writing at its best.