The Scientific Basis Of Spiritualism

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A mindfulness expert whose work has been hailed by Eckhart Tolle as “an important contribution to the shift in consciousness” offers a new vision of reality—one that is compatible with modern science and ancient spirituality. “With elegance and lucidity, Steve Taylor explains why spiritual science is the only hope for humanity.” —Deepak Chopra It is often assumed that there are two ways of interpreting the world: a rational scientific way, or an irrational religious way. Mindfulness expert, Steve Taylor, shows that there is a third possibility—a spiritual, or “panspiritist”, view of reality that transcends both conventional science and religion, recognizes spirit or consciousness as fundamental, and answers many of the riddles that neither can explain. Here, Taylor puts forward the evidence for a spiritual view of reality and examines the development and consequences of the materialist model. Drawing on the insights of philosophers, physicists, mystics, as well as spiritual traditions and indigenous cultures, he also systematically shows how a ‘panspiritist’ view can explain many puzzling aspects of science and the world such as: • human consciousness • altruism • near-death experiences • telepathy and pre-cognition • quantum physics • the placebo effect • neuroplasticity A compelling argument for a new vision of reality, Spiritual Science offers a bright vision of the world as sacred and interconnected, and of human life as meaningful and purposeful.

Charet uncovers some of the reasons why Jung's psychology finds itself living between science and religion. He demonstrates that Jung's early life was influenced by the experiences, beliefs, and ideas that characterized Spiritualism and that arose out of the entangled relationship that existed between science and religion in the late nineteenth century. Spiritualism, following it inception in 1848, became a movement that claimed to be a scientific religion and whose controlling belief was that the human personality survived death and could be reached through a medium in trance. The author shows that Jung's early experiences and preoccupation with Spiritualism influenced his later ideas of the autonomy, personification, and quasi-metaphysical nature of the archetype, the central concept and one of the foundations upon which he built his psychology.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... index of subjects. Abercrombie, Dr. John.--Sleep-talking, 279. Absolute principles of goodness, 168. Absurdities of opponents, 14, 64. Activity of mind in drowning persons, 277. Adler, Felix, objects to entertaining a desire for immortality, 327; regard for the here, and disregard for the hereafter, 327; adopts the argument of Strauss respecting souls, 328; his theory contrary to well-known facts, 329. Agassiz, Prof. L. A., adopts the views of Dr. Brown-Sequard respecting a superior power, 280; belief in the immortality of the lower animals, 313. Aksakof, Alexander, testifies to the reality of independent slate-writing, 2C2. Alison, Sir Archibald.-His words in their application to Spiritualism, 195. Axaxagoras (B.C. 500), on the powerof divination, 252. Andrews, Mrs. Louisa, defines the religious principle, 164. Angels the spirits of men, 302. Animals.--Their immortality assured, 16, 313. Animism, definition of, 114; permeates the Scriptures and the teachings of Christ, 114; not unscientific, 115; that of bar-barous tribes, 209. Antagonism Of Swedenborgians.--Why it exists, 365. Anthropology based on accepted facts, 263. Apollonius.--Immortality of everything, 314. Apollo's Oracles, 124. Apparitions of deceased persons, 162; of Christ, 168. Application of scientific tests, 180, 206. Aquinas, Tiiomas.--His theory respecting the soul's immateri-ality, 117; the duality of spirit, 209. Arago.--A maxim of his to remember, 112. Aristotle., His belief in relation to the spirit-body, 209; cog-nizant of spiritual phenomena, 310. Arnold, Matiiew.--The continuity of personal existence, 181. Ashburner, Dr. His happiness in a belief in spiritualism, 132. Aspirations for immortality, 328. Assailants Of Spiritualism.--What they have done and what they...