Hugh Major

The Lantern In The Skull

Consciousness and marginal zones of the extraordinary

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Produktbeschreibung

2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Best Book Finalist 2020 Ashton Wylie Best Mind, Body, Spirit Book Awards: Best Book Finalist Each of us is a conscious individual living in the world. Most daily experiences are predictable and humdrum. Occasionally we have a deliciously or shockingly intense experience. Very occasionally we have a profound experience that leads us to change our life. Then there are marginal experiences so bizarre we have difficulty understanding what occurred. The Lantern In The Skull explores a selection of these unsettling yet intriguing experiences. A camera previously in perfect working order, which inexplicably won't photograph a fetish in an African village chief's basement, provides the first stop on Hugh Major's engaging survey. Using his own experiences as a springboard, he considers telepathy, psychic perceptions, psychedelic insights, artistic transports, near death experiences, and much else. Human consciousness is sufficiently elastic to accommodate all these experiences. Yet the nature of consciousness itself is a conundrum, and the evidence for marginal experiences remains contentious. Hugh Major provides a timely snapshot of current research into "marginal zones of the extraordinary". In precise, jargon-free language, he indicates the territory being explored and outlines major directions researchers are travelling. There are numerous captivating, and surprising, discoveries along the way.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Attar Books
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 203g
• ISBN-13: 9780995120310
• ISBN-10: 0995120315
• Artikelnr.: 56762459

Autorenporträt

Hugh Major studied English and Philosophy at Auckland University and has taught these subjects at secondary schools, as well as English and Drama in both Scotland and Japan. In his writing, Hugh explores new thinking in the fields of consciousness, science, spirituality and culture. Five times he has been a finalist in New Zealand's premiere Ashton Wylie Book Awards for writing in the mind, body, spirit genre. His published books include Notes on the Mysterium Tremendum (2010), From Monkey to Moth (2015), and The Lantern in the Skull (2019). All three were finalists in the Ashton Wylie Book Awards, with the third also a finalist in the 2020 International Independent Book Awards. This is his first published work of fiction.