Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness

Makes a valiant effort to explain many difficult concepts relating to consciousness and physics. And with clarity and humor. How can we call be one and still worry about private property?

Excellent read, if you think you understand the way things work in our world this book will make you think again.

A paraphysical odyssey...Dazzles the imagination and causes you to rethink everything you ever thought you knew about the nature of reality...A landmark in man's new attempts to integrate realities within and without.-Jean Houston, The Foundation for Mind Research

A brilliantly executed theoretical romp through the universe...To do all this with humor and suspense is indeed a major accomplishment.-Dr. Montague Ullman, Maimonides Medical Center

A beautiful presentation of the elements of consciousness, creation, and matter,-John C. Lilly

A ground-breaking work. Clear, imaginative, and inspiring, it offers a revolutionary image of the human mind and the universe.-Dr. Stanislave Grof

In his exciting and original view of the universe, Itzhak show more Bentov has provided a new perspective on human cnsciousness and its limitless possibilities. Widely known and loved for his delightful humor and imagination, Bentov explains the familiar world of phenomena with perceptions that are as lucid as they are thrilling. He gives us a provocative picture of ourselves in an expanded, conscious, holistic universe, showing us that:

Our bodies mirror the universe, down to the working of each cell.
We are pulsating beings in a vibrating uinverse, in constant motion between the finite and the infinite.
Our brains are thought amplifiers, not thought's source.
The universe is a hologram. And so is the brain-a hologram interpreting a holographic uinverse.
We can instantly reclaim any information ever known.

Contents

Preface by William A. Tiller
Introduction
1 Sound, waves and vibration
2 A look through a supermicroscope
3 A morse code of action and rest
4 An experiment with time
5 Quantity and quality of consiousness
6 Releative realities
7 The parable of the bicycle
8 A model of the universe
9 The 'how to' of intuitive knowledge
10 Some reflections on the creator
Epilogue
Appendix: Stresses and the body
Introduction
The Physio-kundalini syndrome
Appendix: Bibliography show less

A truly important work which has stood the test of time - a must read.

From "Scientific American":

A ground-breaking work. Clear, imaginative, and inspiring, it offers a revolutionary image of the human mind and the universe.

From "The New Yorker":

A brilliantly executed theoretical romp through the universe...to do all this with humor and suspense is indeed a major accomplishment.