Aspects of Consciousness

Throughout the ages, the mysteries of what happens when we die and the nature of the human mind have fascinated us. In this collection of essays, leading scientists and authors contemplate consciousness, quantum mechanics, string theory, dimensions, space and time, nonlocal space, the hologram, and the effect of death on consciousness. Although many of these topics have traditionally been considered matters for philosophical and religious debate, advances in modern science and in particular the science of resuscitation have now enabled an objective, scientific approach—which bears widespread implications not only for science but for all of humanity.

Ingrid Fredriksson is the author of several books in English on the power and complexities of thought. She lives in Sweden. See www.ingridfredriksson.com.

Edited by Ingrid Fredriksson

Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 232
Bibliographic Info: 13 illustrations, notes, bibliographies, index
Copyright Date: 2012
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6495-1
eISBN: 978-0-7864-8823-0
Imprint: McFarland

Introduction      1

PART I. CONSCIOUSNESS

Investigation of a Complex Space – Time Metric to Describe Precognition of the Future (Elizabeth A. Rauscher and Russell Targ)       5

Physics and Consciousness (Jens A. Tellefsen, Jr.)       27

Consciousness and Consequences: The Physical Nature of Mind (James E. Beichler)       49

At the Speed of Light (Dag Landvik)       76

PART II. NEAR – DEATH EXPERIENCES/THEORETICAL POSSIBILITIES

Near- Death Experiences: The Ins and Outs of NDE Perception (Göran Grip)       93

Near- Death Experiences: In or Out of the Body? (Susan Blackmore)       104

The Beyond That Is Within: Recognizing Larger Realities (William Braud)       119

Open- Minded or Empty- Headed? The Editor’s Dilemma (Anthony Freeman)       136

PART III. THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF DUALISM – INTERACTIONISM, ECONOMICS, AND MIND

Through the Looking Glass: Discovering the Cosmology of Mind with Implications for Medicine, Psychology and Spirituality (Richard L. Amoroso)       147

Conscious Economics (Amit Goswami)       178

The Action of the Mind (Jean E. Burns)       204

About the Contributors      217

Index      219