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Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge) - Softcover

 
9781108027731: Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge)

Synopsis

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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Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 316 in Publisher: Camidge University Press This work. published in 1901 money 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...

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Bucke's account (1901) of his research and contemplation on the trend towards heightened intellectual awareness in man, through evolution, explaining his theory of the three stages of conscious development that culminate in flashes of understanding of the life and order of the cosmos, illustrated by his own and others' experiences.

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