Center for Theory & Research

Volume V: Corps of Discovery

Table of Contents: Beyond Physicalism

Esalen Team

Preface and Acknowledgments

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Introduction: Science and Spirituality at a Crossroads

           Edward F. Kelly

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Part I The Essential Background: “Rogue” Phenomena in Search of a Theory

       1. Empirical Challenges to Theory Construction

           Edward F. Kelly

       2. Mystical Experiences as Windows on Reality

           Paul Marshall

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Part II Old and New Worldviews that Accommodate the Targeted Phenomena

       3. The “Transmission” Model of Mind and Body: A Brief History

          Michael Grosso

       4. A Psychobiological Perspective on “Transmission” Models

         Edward F. Kelly and David E. Presti

       5. A Quantum Mechanical Theory of the Mind/Brain Connection

         Henry P. Stapp

       6. Mind–Matter Correlations in Dual-Aspect Monism According to Pauli and Jung

         Harald Atmanspacher and Wolfgang Fach

       7. Hyperspatial Models of Matter and Mind

         Bernard Carr

       8. Platonic Siddhas: Supernatural Philosophers of Neoplatonism

         Gregory Shaw

       9. Patanjali’s Yoga Sūtras and the Siddhis

         Edward F. Kelly and Ian Whicher

       10. Conscious Body: Mind and Body in Abhinavagupta’s Tantra

         Loriliai Biernacki

       11. Why We Are Conscious of So Little: A Neo-Leibnizian Approach

         Paul Marshall

       12. Continuity of Mind: A Peircean Vision

         Adam Crabtree

       13. Mind Beyond Body: Transphysical Process Metaphysics

         Eric M. Weiss

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Part III Putting the Pieces Together

       14. Toward a Worldview Grounded in Science and Spirituality

         Edward F. Kelly

       15. The Emergence of Evolutionary Panentheism

         Michael Murphy

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Index

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About the Authors