Is Consciousness Primary?
Perspectives from Founding Members of the
Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences
Edited by
Gary E. Schwartz, PhD
Marjorie H. Woollacott, PhD
Stephan A. Schwartz
Volume I in Advances in Postmaterialist Sciences Series
Table of Contents
The Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences………i
Preface to Advances in Postmaterialist Sciences Series…………………ii
PART ONE
Math, Physics, and Consciousness
CHAPTER ONE ………………………………………………………………………….. 1
How Do Scientists Change Their Minds? The Example of
Survival of Consciousness Research, Gary E. Schwartz, PhD
CHAPTER TWO ……………………………………………………………………….. 27
Journey to Idealism, Dean Radin, PhD
CHAPTER THREE ……………………………………………………………………. 43
Mathematical Unification of Space, Time, Mass, Energy &
Consciousness, Edward R. Close, PhD
CHAPTER FOUR ……………………………………………………………………… 97
Bridging the Perceived Gap Between Science and Metaphysics:
The Primacy of Consciousness and Experience, Menas C. Kafatos, PhD
PART TWO
Neuroscience and Consciousness
CHAPTER FIVE ………………………………………………………………………. 134
The Elementary Mind, Mario Beauregard, PhD
CHAPTER SIX ………………………………………………………………………… 157
What do Near-Death and Meditation Experiences Tell Us
About the Primacy of Consciousness?, Marjorie Woollacott, PhD
CHAPTER SEVEN……………………………………………..…….190
A History of Postmaterialism With a Mild Warning
to Not Completely Dismiss Matter, Circa 2072, Julia Mossbridge, PhD
PART THREE
Psychology, Psychiatry, and Consciousness
CHAPTER EIGHT …………………………………………………………………… 201
Mind Rover: Exploration With Nonlocal Consciousness,
Stephan A. Schwartz
CHAPTER NINE ……………………………………………………………………… 242
Beyond Materialism and Madness:
A Neuropsychiatrist’s Perspective on Anomalous Experiences,
Diane Hennacy Powell, MD
CHAPTER TEN ………………………………………………………………………. 290
Postmaterial Medicine, Health, and Healing, Larry Dossey, MD
CHAPTER ELEVEN ………………………………………………………………… 331
Supersynchronicity and Primacy of Consciousness:
Bridging Science, Metaphysics and Spirituality, Gary E. Schwartz, PhD
CHAPTER TWELVE ……………………………………………………………….. 375
Scientism and Religion: Essential Science and Essential Spirituality,
Charles T. Tart, PhD
About the Authors ……………………………………………………………………… 394
Acknowledgments ……………………………………………………………………… 413
Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………… 414
Index ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 454