Cosmic Consciousness
A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind
Published on 27. January 2011
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Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-1-108-02773-1 (ISBN)
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This 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.
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English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
595 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-02773-1 (9781108027731)
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Content
Dedication; Notice; List of books quoted; Table of contents; Part I. First Words; Part II. Evolution and Devolution: 1. To self consciousness; 2. On the plane of self consciousness; 3. Devolution; Part III. From Self to Cosmic Consciousness; Part IV. Instances of Cosmic Consciousness: 1. Gautuma the Buddha; 2. Jesus the Christ; 3. Paul; 4. Plotinus; 5. Mohammed; 6. Dante; 7. Las Casas; 8. John Yepes; 9. Francis Bacon; 10. Jacob Behmen; 11. William Blake; 12. Honore de Balzac; 13. Walt Whitman; 14. Edward Carpenter; Part V. Additional - Some of Them Lesser, Imperfect, and Doubtful Instances: 1. The twilight; 2. Moses; 3. Gideon; 4. Isaiah; 5. Li R; 6. Socrates; 7. Roger Bacon; 8. Pascal; 9. Benedict Spinoza; 10. James Gardiner; 11. Swedenborg; 12. William Wordsworth; 13. Charles G. Finney; 14. Alexander Pushkin; 15. Emerson; 16. Tennyson; 17. J. B. B.; 18. H. D. Thoreau; 19. J. B.; 20. C. P.; 21. H. B.; 22. R. P. S.; 23. E. T.; 24. Ramakrisana Paramahansa; 25. J. H. J.; 26. T. S. R.; 27. W. H. W.; 28. Richard Jefferies; 29. C. M. C.; 30. M. C. L.; 31. J. W. W.; 32. J. William Lloyd; 33. Horace Traubel; 34. Paul Tyner; 35. C. Y. E.; 36. A. J. S.; Part VI. Last Words.