Product Description: The study of the nature of human consciousness, a dormant and often taboo topic in psychology, is once again developing into a respected field of inquiry. This is the first book to provide a broad scientific point of view for the investigation of a variety of special states of consciousness...read more

Product Description: All attempts to test people's ESP abilities overlook the fact that ESP is an undeveloped function, so we have to learn how to use it to begin with, not just see how much ESP we can show.Psychologist Charles T. Tart applied basic principles of learning to this task to show how training under conditions of immediate feedback could enhance ESP ability...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

States of Consciousness, a classic by world authority Charles T. Tart, is a basic understanding of how the mind is a dynamic, culturally biased, semi-arbitrary construction and system. A systematic exploration of how and why altered states can come about and their possibilities. As a student of his remarked, For the first weeks of class I didnt understand what those diagrams were about, but Ive realized the book is all about the way my own mind works! Useful in understanding some of the important ways your mind works before you start altering it. (view table of contents)

Product Description: G. I. Gurdjieff taught that we are not really awake, but are entranced automatons, controlled by mechanical habits of thought, perception and behavior. Tart clearly presents the evidence for how deeply asleep we are and its consequences, and then describes methods for becoming more awake, less asleep, more spiritual, less mechanical, allowing us to realize our full potential...read more

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Product Description: Being awake. Why is something that sounds so simple the primary goal of so many of the world's great wisdom traditions? In this workshop-in-a-book, Charles T. Tart shows why: the seeming simplicity of the awakened state belies its transformative effect on the lives of those who strive for it...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Del zen al budismo tradicional, del yoga al sufismo, y del misticismo cristiano a la magia occidental, el autor y sus colaboradores exponen en este libro diversas tradiciones espirituales en el lenguaje de la ciencia. Destacando antes su significado psicológico que su resonancia espiritual o religiosa, dichas tradiciones se presentan al lector desde el punto de vista de los supuestos y la concepción de la naturaleza humana que subyacen en ellas, así como algunas de las experiencias asociadas con sus mecanismos que van más allá del intelecto...read more

Product Description: Addressing the split between practitioners of science and those of spirituality, Charles Tart presents the considerations of well-known researchers and authors such as William Roll, Ramakrishna Rao, Michael Grosso, and Jeffrey Mishlove on such subjects as God, life after death, channeling, and other dimensions...read more

Product Description: Rich with lucid instructions and practical insights, Mind Science dispels the metaphysical haze that all too often surrounds the subject of meditation. Based on a lively workshop with fellow scientists, this book shows how the pragmatic and scientifically-inclined among us can bring mindfulness into everyday life without religious baggage, while clearly explaining its many spiritual and health benefits...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: A collection of essays from scientists and progressive thinkers, reporting from the diverse fields of paranormal research and theory. Each piece is edited with an introduction by Charles Tart, Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ. The volume features first-hand accounts from Edwin May, Costa de Beauregard, Helmut Schmidt, and others...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Future and Beyond comprises two of Harold Francis Saltmarsh's literary and scholarly jewels. Foreknowledge is Saltmarsh's thoughtfully organized summary of compelling data from the early 20th century for the existence of non-inferential precognition...read more

Product Description: This second edition includes a new preface by professor emeritus in psychology, Dr. Charles T. Tart. The book covers one of the most exciting research eras in psychology and psychiatry—the use of psychedelic drugs and their ramifications for exploration of the mind—is discussed with emphasis on the connection of ESP to psychedelics and our transpersonal nature...read more