CONTENTS LIST
Introduction: Science and Spirituality at a Crossroads, Edward F. Kelly
PART I. The Essential Background: “Rogue” Phenomena in Search of a Theory
1. Empirical Challenges to Theory Construction, Edward F. Kelly
2. Mystical Experiences as Windows on Reality, Paul Marshall
PART II. Old and New Worldviews that Accommodate the Targeted Phenomena
3. The “Transmission” Model of Mind and Body: A Brief History, Michael Grosso
4. A Psychobiological Perspective on “Transmission” Models, Edward F. Kelly and David E. Presti
5. A Quantum Mechanical Theory of the Mind/Brain Connection, Henry P. Stapp
6. Mind–Matter Correlations in Dual-Aspect Monism According to Pauli and Jung, Harald Atmanspacher and Wolfgang Fach
7. Hyperspatial Models of Matter and Mind, Bernard Carr
8. Platonic Siddhas: Supernatural Philosophers of Neoplatonism, Gregory Shaw
9. Patanjali’s Yoga Sūtras and the Siddhis, Edward F. Kelly and Ian Whicher
10. Conscious Body: Mind and Body in Abhinavagupta’s Tantra, Loriliai Biernacki
11. Why We Are Conscious of So Little: A Neo-Leibnizian Approach, Paul Marshall
12. Continuity of Mind: A Peircean Vision, Adam Crabtree
13. Mind Beyond Body: Transphysical Process Metaphysics, Eric M. Weiss
PART III. Putting the Pieces Together
14. Toward a Worldview Grounded in Science and Spirituality, Edward F. Kelly
15. The Emergence of Evolutionary Panentheism, Michael Murphy
Index
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