Science and spirituality
Featuring David Bohm, Amit Goswami, Rupert Sheldrake, Ken Wilber, Karen Armstrong, William James, John Hick, Isaac Asimov and Susan Blackmore.
About consciousness and psychology
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Best Ken Wilber Books
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Books by Ken Wilber who writes on psychology, philosophy, mysticism, ecology, and spiritual evolution. He has been described as New Age, although his writings are critical of much of the New Age Movement. His work formulates what he calls an "integra...
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William James - mystic, psychologist, philosopher
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Influential in the young sciences of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism. He was the brother of novelist Henry James and of diarist Alice James. Without ignoring Jame...
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The View From Within: First Person Approaches To The Study Of Consciousness
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Miscellany of articles on the edge of the science of consciousness. Challenging and fascinating. On the roll of the body in consciousness and healing, about the metaphysics of introspection and more. On the attempt to integrate the experience of con...
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Consciousness: an Introduction, by Susan Blackmore
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Fascinating. I bought this book because I first heard of this author as a former parapsychologist. It's always good to read books by those whom you disagree with - but know what they are talking about. Reading it, I find she really does know what she...
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Psychology and Neurology books
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Neurology and psychology are two sides of the same coin - at least for ordinary people. Both deal with that tricky topic: consciousness. Psychology starts with the experience and behavior of people like you and me. Neurology starts with the physical...
Religion studies
Karen Armstrong is not usually treated as a scientist: she graduated but did not get her dPhil. Still, the strength of her work is such that I wanted to include her here.-
Karen Armstrong: author, former nun and religious inspiration
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Karen Armstrong is the embodiment of religious tolerance and spiritual transformation. A former Roman Catholic Nun, she got disillusioned about religion. A visit to Jerusalem rekindled her love for religion and she turned to writing books about the...
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John Hick - philosopher of religion
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An introduction into the philosophy of John Hick a noted religious philosopher using quotes. Philosophers of religion know John Hick's pluralistic hypothesis for it's daring solution to conflict between religions. The basic idea: religion is based o...
Scientist gone spiritual?
Rupert Sheldrake is one of those mavericks of science: he started out as an ordinary scientist, but his research took him to places few scientists would dare follow. This has caused him to be unpopular in academia, but highly popular in intellectual alternative spiritual circles.-
David Bohm: science and spirituality
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Famous for his 'Implicate and Explicite Order', quantum physicist David Bohm combines a knowledge of current day physics with a spiritual vision of the universe. His parents were immigrant European Jews, but David went to college and worked with one...
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Creative Evolution by Amit Goswami PhD
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Inspiring integration of the latest in physics with a spiritual perspective. Convincing in the point that since consciousness is part of the universe now (in us), consciousness must have played a part in creating it and guiding evolution at crucial p...
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Rupert Sheldrake
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Biologist known for his theory of 'morpho-genetic fields'. These fields make learning something easier once it's been learned before by someone else. This would explain strange chemical behavior as well as the increased speed with which difficult cro...
A physicist turned science fiction author: Isaac Asimov
The scientist in Asimov is easy to find: his plots often involve complex questions to do with the way technology and science impact society.-
Best Isaac Asimov Robot Books
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I love science fiction. Especially the works of Frank Herbert (the Dune universe) and Isaac Asimov. I've read he felt he was writing mainly for boys.. but this girl loves them too. Especially the robots & foundation series. On this page I li...
Science about spiritual topics...
Think God has a place in quantum mechanics? That consciousness is given by God? That Evolution can only explain so much? Well - these books will try to convince you otherwise.-
Spirituality from the perspective of science books
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When you hear 'quantum mechanics' you may think 'create your own life'. Books on this page are written to target that kind of misconception. Quantum mechanics DOES NOT prove that we can create our lives just by how we think. Quantum mechanics can be...
Aren't they fascinating?
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- monarch13 monarch13 Jul 30, 2009 @ 6:50 am
- Great list! Thanks!
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- GrowWear GrowWear May 29, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
- Love your lenses. Wish I had time to read every single one of your almost 200. :)
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- Sojourn Sojourn Apr 17, 2009 @ 9:29 pm
- Visited here after reading your SquidTop blog. I agree with you on Asimov. It's been years since I read the foundation series but I remember being fascinated by the way he could build an entirely different world and bring it to life so easily.
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- andrasnm andrasnm Apr 10, 2009 @ 7:08 am
- Katinka, you must include Tesla in this group. His work was revolutionary and he was a very advanced soul.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
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The best spiritual books EVER
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Katinka Hesselink - my other lenses
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