{"product_id":"cosmic-consciousness-a-study-in-the-evolution-of-the-human-mind-paperback-9781108027731","title":"Cosmic Consciousness; A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108027731","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCosmic Consciousness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA 1901 study of development and evolution of consciousness; a historical trend culminating in individuals of the highest intellectual capability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Maurice Bucke (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108027731, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.8 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis work, published in 1901, is the culmination of a lifetime of research and contemplation in which Richard Maurice Bucke (1837–1902) expounds his theory of the development and evolution of consciousness in living things. He uses his own experiences, those of contemporaries such as Tennyson, and of historical figures such as Francis Bacon, as evidence for moments of higher consciousness and intellect known as 'cosmic consciousness'. Bucke's theory is of three states of progressive consciousness, attained through evolution. The Simple Consciousness of animals, Self Consciousness of man to understand his place in the universe, and Cosmic Consciousness, where man might grow to understand the life and order of the cosmos. This pinnacle of understanding is a progression assisted by evolution that Bucke hopes will one day come to all men. A thought-provoking book at any time, full of optimism for the intellectual future of the human race.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003e Notice\u003cbr\u003e List of books quoted\u003cbr\u003e Table of contents\u003cbr\u003e Part I. First Words\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Evolution and Devolution: 1. To self consciousness\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the plane of self consciousness\u003cbr\u003e 3. Devolution\u003cbr\u003e Part III. From Self to Cosmic Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Instances of Cosmic Consciousness: 1. Gautuma the Buddha\u003cbr\u003e 2. Jesus the Christ\u003cbr\u003e 3. Paul\u003cbr\u003e 4. Plotinus\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mohammed\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dante\u003cbr\u003e 7. Las Casas\u003cbr\u003e 8. John Yepes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Francis Bacon\u003cbr\u003e 10. Jacob Behmen\u003cbr\u003e 11. William Blake\u003cbr\u003e 12. Honoré de Balzac\u003cbr\u003e 13. Walt Whitman\u003cbr\u003e 14. Edward Carpenter\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Additional - Some of Them Lesser, Imperfect, and Doubtful Instances: 1. The twilight\u003cbr\u003e 2. Moses\u003cbr\u003e 3. Gideon\u003cbr\u003e 4. Isaiah\u003cbr\u003e 5. Li R\u003cbr\u003e 6. Socrates\u003cbr\u003e 7. Roger Bacon\u003cbr\u003e 8. Pascal\u003cbr\u003e 9. Benedict Spinoza\u003cbr\u003e 10. James Gardiner\u003cbr\u003e 11. Swedenborg\u003cbr\u003e 12. William Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e 13. Charles G. Finney\u003cbr\u003e 14. Alexander Pushkin\u003cbr\u003e 15. Emerson\u003cbr\u003e 16. Tennyson\u003cbr\u003e 17. J. B. B.\u003cbr\u003e 18. H. D. Thoreau\u003cbr\u003e 19. J. B.\u003cbr\u003e 20. C. P.\u003cbr\u003e 21. H. B.\u003cbr\u003e 22. R. P. S.\u003cbr\u003e 23. E. T.\u003cbr\u003e 24. Ramakrisana Paramahansa\u003cbr\u003e 25. J. H. J.\u003cbr\u003e 26. T. S. R.\u003cbr\u003e 27. W. H. W.\u003cbr\u003e 28. Richard Jefferies\u003cbr\u003e 29. C. M. C.\u003cbr\u003e 30. M. C. L.\u003cbr\u003e 31. J. W. W.\u003cbr\u003e 32. J. William Lloyd\u003cbr\u003e 33. Horace Traubel\u003cbr\u003e 34. Paul Tyner\u003cbr\u003e 35. C. Y. E.\u003cbr\u003e 36. A. J. S.\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. 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