A Secret History of Consciousness
by Gary Lachman
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-- What is consciousness like?-- How can consciousness be achieved?Gary Lachman argues that consciousness is not a result of neurons and molecules, but is actually responsible for them. Meaning, he proposes, is not imported from the outer world, but rather creates the world.He shows that consciouness is a living, evolving presence whose development can be traced through different historical periods. Concentrating on the late nineteenth-century onwards, Lachman exposes the 'secret history' of show more consciousness through thinkers such as P. D. Ouspensky, Rudolf Steiner, and Colin Wilson, as well as more mainstream philosophers like Henri Bergson, William James, Owen Barfield and psychologist Andreas Mavromatis.Two little known but important thinkers play a major role in Lachman's argument: Jurij Moskvitin, who showed how our consciousness relates to the mechanisms of perception and to the external world; and Jean Gebster, who presented perhaps the most impressive case for the evolution of consciousness.This is a far-reaching book from an exciting contemporary thinker. show lessTags
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UNA HISTORIA SECRETA DE LA CONSCIENCIA
Durante los últimos cuatro siglos, la ciencia ha tratado de interpretar la realidad en términos puramente materiales como átomos, moléculas y leyes físicas. Gary Lachman apunta hacia otra manera de considerar las cosas, en donde el sentido del mundo no proviene del mundo exterior, sino de la consciencia misma.
Durante los últimos cuatro siglos, la ciencia ha tratado de interpretar la realidad en términos puramente materiales como átomos, moléculas y leyes físicas. Gary Lachman apunta hacia otra manera de considerar las cosas, en donde el sentido del mundo no proviene del mundo exterior, sino de la consciencia misma.
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Gary Lachman is a well-known author, lecturer and philosopher. His many books about the links between consciousness, culture, and the western esoteric tradition include Lost Knowledge of the Imagination, The Quest for Hermes Trismegistus and Caretakers of the Cosmos.
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- Original title
- A Secret History of Conciousness
- Original publication date
- 2003
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- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, History, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 126.09 — Philosophy and Psychology Epistemology (how do you know what you know?) The self History Of Philosophy Of Selfhood
- LCC
- BF311 .L19 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Psychology Consciousness. Cognition
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