Consciousness and Extraordinary Phenomena

By Robert Masters

Two cases are described in which extraordinary phenomena appear to have been elicited within the context of altered states of consciousness (trance) in a laboratory setting. This essay, chapter 26 of Psychic Exploration, studies these two cases. The full volume of Psychic Exploration can be purchased as an ebook or paperback version from all major online retailers and at cosimobooks.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cosimo Books
• Release date: May 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781944529321

Robert Masters

Robert Masters and Jean Houston are well-known pioneers of modern consciousness research and were both among the founders of the Human Potentials Movement. They also coauthored Mind Games: The Guide to Inner Space and The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience. Among the books Robert Masters has written are Eros and Evil and The Goddess Sekhmet.

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PSYCHIC

EXPLORATION

Consciousness and Extraordinary Phenomena

Robert Masters

"Consciousness and Extraordinary Phenomena," copyright © 1974 by Robert Masters. First published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 1974 as part of Psychic Exploration: A Challenge for Science. Current edition published by Cosimo Classics in 2015.

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ISBN: 978-1-94452-932-1

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Note to the Readers: This mini-ebook was earlier published as part of a compilation of essays in Psychic Exploration: A Challenge for Science, Understanding the Nature and Power of Consciousness (originally published in 1974; reprinted by Cosimo Books in 2011), edited by Apollo 14 astronaut, moonwalker, and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Edgar Mitchell.

Each of the 28 chapters in the original Psychic Exploration was dedicated to a specific field of research in parapsychology, written by leading experts and scientists, such as Stanley Krippner, Montague Ullman, Charles Tart, Russel Targ, William Roll, Jean Houston, Willis Harman, and many others. With the advent of ebook technology, we feel that each of these unique essays deserve attention as a dedicated mini-ebook in addition to the complete version of Psychic Exploration.

If you prefer exploring specific subjects or authors, below is a complete list of the individual essays, all available as mini-ebooks. On the other hand, if you are interested in all of the essays and the field of parapsychology in general, we encourage you to read the original Psychic Exploration, available at online bookstores in both paperback and ebook versions.

However you decide to read these essays, we know you will receive a thorough introduction to psychic research in its many forms, from what is now considered a classic in the parapsychology genre. Part of the proceeds of this mini-ebook will benefit the Institute of Noetic Sciences (www.noetic.org).

INDIVIDUAL ESSAYS FROM PSYCHIC EXPLORATION

A History of Parapsychology , by Martin Ebon (978-1-94452-907-9)

Famous Western Sensitives, by Alan Vaughan (978-1-94452-908-6)

The Psychic Personality, by Gertrude Schmeidler (978-1-94452-909-3)

Telepathy, by Stanley Krippner (978-1-94452-910-9)

Clairvoyance, by Rex G. Stanford (978-1-94452-911-6)

Precognition and Retrocognition, by E. Douglas Dean (978-1-94452-912-3)

Psychokinesis, by Helmut Schmidt (978-1-94452-913-0)

Parapsychology Today, by Rhea A. White (978-1-94452-914-7)

The Psychobiology of Psi, by Robert L. Morris (978-1-94452-915-4)

Psi and Psychiatry, by Montague Ullman (978-1-94452-916-1)

Anthropology and Psychic Research, by Robert L. VanDe Castle (978-1-94452-917-8)

Man-Plant Communication, by Marcel Vogel