Product Description: This is a reprinting of the authoritative essay written in 1971 from the volume of work entitled Psychology of Meditation by Claudio Naranjo & Robert E. Ornstein. This new Malor book edition examines meditation from two perspectives: first that of religions and philosophies such as Zen, Yoga and from the Sufis and Christian mystics, and second from the modern psychologist's point of view -- what is happening neurophysiologically and what is the resulting experience?By looking at meditation from both points of view, Ornstein produces a modern scientific view - one sympathetic to the practice and enables the reader to appreciate and understand meditation as a tool which, under the right direction, leads to a different mode of perception...read more

Product Description: The essays in this collection use a variety of theoretical perspectives to address issues of contemporary import in Shakespeare's dramatic texts: alterity, sexuality, gender, performance, intertextuality, and genre. Janus-like, the collection suggests the directions of Shakespeare studies at the outset of the new millennium, while considering their roots in the last...read more

A celebrated psychologist and author of The Origins of Consciousness discusses the different capabilities of the right and left sides of the brain, shedding new light on the ways in which the brain constructs a coherent life. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Traces the advantages and dangers of mankind's inventions

The host of the popular science series on public television, 'Connections,' and a psychologist trace the advantages and dangers of human inventions and argue that the time has come to turn away from specialized, technological knowledge. 35,000 first printing.

Traces the blessings and curses of mankind's inventions, arguing that the time has come to rethink their use.