Recommended Reading

Newly Added: Landmark book on the relation of Quantum Physics & Consciousness (the Mental Universe)

• An eloquent case for the fundamental role of consciousness in the universe: The Idea of the World: A Multi-disciplinary argument for the mental nature of reality, By Bernardo Kastrup. Hampshire, UK: Iff Books, 2019.

Science of Non-local Consciousness

1. ☞ * Kelly, Edward F. and Paul Marshall (eds). Consciousness Unbound: Liberating Mind from the Tyranny of Materialism. Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham, MD, 2021.
2. ☞ Kelly, Edward F, Adam Crabtree, and Paul Marshall (eds). Beyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality. Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham, MD, 2015.
3. ☞ Kelly, Edward F., Emily Williams Kelly, Adam Crabtree, Alan Gauld, Michael Grosso, and Bruce Greyson. Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
4. * Gober, Mark. An End to Upside Down Thinking: Dispelling the Myth that the Brain Produces Consciousness, and the Implications for Everyday Life. Cardiff-By-The-Sea, CA: Waterside Press, 2018.
5. * Barušs, Imants and Julia Mossbridge. Transcendent Mind: Rethinking the Science of Consciousness. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2017.
6. Beauregard, Mario. Brain Wars: The Scientific Battle Over the Existence of the Mind and the Proof that will Change the Way we Live our Lives. New York: HarperOne, 2013.
7. Beauregard, Mario et al. “Manifesto for a Post-Materialist Science”, Explore 10, no. 5 (2004)
8. Capra, Fritjof. The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism. Berkeley, California: Shambhala, 1975.
9. Etzel Cardeña, et alia. “A call for an open, informed study of all aspects of consciousness,” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8, no. 17 (Jan 2014): 1-4.
10. Etzel Cardeña. “The Unbearable Fear of Psi: On Scientific Suppression in the 21st Century” J. Scientific Exploration 29, no. 4 (Dec 2015): 601-620.
11. Carhart-Harris, RL, et alia. “Neural correlates of the psychedelic state determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Of Sciences 109, no. 6 (Feb 2012): 2138-2143.
12. Carhart-Harris, RL, Muthukumaraswamy S, Roseman L, et alia. “Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging.” Proc. Nat. Acad. Of Sciences (Mar 2016).
13. Chalmers, David J. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1996.
14. Koch, Christof. This is your brain on drugs: To the great surprise of many, psilocybin, a potent psychedelic, reduces brain activity. Consciousness Redux, Scientific American Mind,  May/June 2012 pp 18-19
15. Nahm, Michael et al. Terminal lucidity: A Review and a case collection. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2011.06.031 (2011)
16. Palhano-Fontes F, Andrade KC, Tofoli LF, et alia. “The Psychedelic State Induced by Ayahuasca Modulates the Activity and Connectivity of the Default Mode Network,” PLoS One (2015).
17. Penfield, Wilder. The Mystery of the Mind: A Critical Study of Consciousness and the Human Brain. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1975.
18. Radin, Dean, et alia. Consciousness and the Double-slit Interference Pattern: Six Experiments. Physics Essays 25(2):157-171, 2012.
19. Sheehan, Daniel P. (Proceedings editor). “Frontiers of Time: Retrocausation — Experiment and Theory,” hosted by the American Institute of Physics, San Diego, California (USA), 20-22 June 2006, University of San Diego. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 863.
20. Sheehan, Daniel P. (Proceedings editor). “Quantum Retrocausation — Theory and Experiment,” hosted by the American Institute of Physics, San Diego, California (USA), 13-14 June 2011, University of San Diego. ISBN: 978-0-7354-0981-1. AIP Conference Proceedings for 92nd Meeting of AAAS Pacific Division.
21. * Sheehan, Daniel P. (Proceedings editor). “Quantum Retrocausation III” hosted by the American Institute of Physics, San Diego, California (USA), 15-16 June 2016, University of San Diego. AIP Conference Proceedings 1841, 010001 (2017); http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982764
22. Talbot, Michael. The Holographic Universe. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1991.
23. * Taylor, Steve. Spiritual Science: Why Science Needs Spirituality to Make Sense of the World. London: Watkins Media Ltd, 2019.
24. * Walach, Harald, David Lorimer, Richard Irwin. Science Beyond a Materialist World View: Towards a Post-Materialist Science. London: Galileo Commission, 2018.

Quantum Physics and Consciousness

1. ☞ Penrose, Roger, Malcolm Longair, Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright and Stephen Hawking. The Large, The Small, and the Human Mind. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
2. ☞ Penrose, Roger, Fred Kuttner, Bruce Rosenblum, and Henry Stapp. Quantum Physics of Consciousness. Cambridge, MA: Cosmology Science Publishers, 2011.
3. ☞ Rosenblum, Bruce and Fred Kuttner. Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006.
4. ☞ * Stapp, Henry P. Mindful Universe: Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer. Heidelberg: Springer, 2007
5. Bell, John S. On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox. Physics 1(3): 195-200, 1964.
6. Einstein, Albert, B Podolsky and N Rosen. Can Quantum-mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete? Physical Review 47: 777-780, 1935.
7. Henry, Richard Conn. Mental Universe. Nature 436:29, 2005.
8. Jahn, Robert G., and Brenda J. Dunne. Margins of Reality: The Role of Consciousness in the Physical World.New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1987.
9. * ☞ Kastrup, Bernardo. The Idea of the World: A Multi-disciplinary argument for the mental nature of reality. Hampshire, UK: Iff Books, 2019.
10. Lockwood, Michael. Mind, Brain & The Quantum: The Compound ‘I’. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, Ltd, 1989.
11. * McFadden, Johnjoe, Jim Al-Khalili. Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology. New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 2014.
12. Penrose, Roger. The Emperor’s New Mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
13. Penrose, Roger. Shadows of the Mind. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1994.
14. Schrödinger, Erwin. What is Life? With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches (Canto Classics). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
15. Swanson, Claude. The Synchronized Universe: New Science of the Paranormal. Tucson, AZ: Poseidia Press, 2003.
16. Swanson, Claude. Life Force, the Scientific Basis: Volume 2 of the Synchronized Universe. Tucson, AZ: Poseidia Press, 2010.
17. Wilber, Ken (ed.). Quantum Questions. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, 1984.
18. Zukav, Gary. The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1979.

Psi Phenomena

1. ☞ * Radin, Dean. Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe. New York: Harmony Books, 2018.
2. ☞ Radin, Dean. Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities. New York: Random House, 2013.
3. ☞ Radin, Dean. Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.
4. Bem D, Tressoldi P, Rabeyron T and Duggan M. Feeling the future: A meta-analysis of 90 experiments on the anomalous anticipation of random future events, 2016 [version 1; referees: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2015, 4:1188 (doi:
   10.12688/f1000research.7177.1)
5. Bem, Daryl J. Feeling the Future:Experimental Evidence for Anomalous Retroactive Influences on Cognition and Affect. J Personality Social Psychology 100(3):407-425, 2011.
6. McMoneagle, Joseph. Mind Trek: Exploring Consciousness, Time and Space Through Remote Viewing. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads, 1993.
7. Monroe, Robert A. Journeys Out of the Body. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1971.
8. Radin, Dean. Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997.

Mind Over Matter/Healing

1. ☞ Dossey, Larry. Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.
2. ☞ Dossey, Larry. One Mind: How Our Individual Mind is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why it Matters. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc., 2013.
3. ☞ Yusim, Anna. Fulfilled: How The Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life. New York: Hachette Book Group, 2017.
4. Bache, Christopher M. Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000.
5. * Burk MD, Larry and Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos. Dreams That Can Save Your Life: Early Warning Signs of Cancer and Other Diseases. Rochester, VT: Findhorn Press, 2018.
6. Dossey, Larry. The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future can Shape Our Lives. New York: Dutton, 2009.
7. * Grossman, Neal. The Spirit of Spinoza: Healing the Mind. Princeton, New Jersey: ICRL Press, 2003.
8. Hamilton, Allan J. The Scalpel and the Soul. New York, NY: Penguin Group, 2008.
9. Hirschberg, Caryle, and Brendan O’Regan. Spontaneous Remission: An Annotated Bibliography. Petaluma, CA: Institute of Noetic Sciences, 1993.
10. Rankin, Lissa. Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof that You Can Heal Yourself. New York: Hay House, 2013.
11. Turner, Kelly A. Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.

Heart Consciousness

1. ☞ Dass, Ram. Be Here Now. San Cristobal, New Mexico: Lama Foundation, 1971.
2. ☞ His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality. New York: Random House, 2005.
3. Bair, Puran, and Susanna Bair. Living from the Heart: Heart Rhythm Meditation for Energy, Clarity, Peace, and Inner Power. Living Heart Media, 2nd edition, 2010.
4. Dass, Ram. Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
5. Pearce, Joseph Chilton. The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit. Rochester, New York: Park Street Press, 2002.

Near-Death Experiences

1. ☞ Hagan, John C. III. The Science of Near-Death Experiences. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2017.
2. ☞ Holden, Janice Miner, Bruce Greyson, and Debbie James. The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers, 2009.
3. ☞ Rivas, Titus, Anny Dirven, and Rudolf H. Smit. The Self Does Not Die: Verified Paranormal Phenomena from Near-Death Experiences. Durham, North Carolina: IANDS Publications, 2016.
4. ☞ van Lommel, Pim. Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of Near-Death Experience. New York: HarperCollins, 2010.
5. Alexander, E III. Extraordinary Cases of Miraculous Healing. EXPLORE July/August 2017, Vol. 13, No. 4 pp 257-258 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2017.04.006)
6. * Khanna S, Lauren E. Moore, Bruce Greyson. Full Neurological Recovery from Escherichia coli Meningitis Associated with Near-Death Experience. J Nerv Ment Dis 2018;206: 744–747 [This is the case report of Dr Eben Alexander’s NDE]
7. Assante, Julia. The Last Frontier: Exploring the Afterlife and Transforming our Fear of Death. Novato, CA: New World Library, 2012.
8. Atwater, P.M.H. Dying to Know You: Proof of God in the Near-Death Experience. Faber, VA: Rainbow Ridge Books, 2014.
9. Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth. On Life After Death. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1991.
10. Moody, Raymond A. Jr. Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon – Survival of Bodily Death. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001 (originally published in 1975 by MBB, Inc., and later by Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. in 1976).
11. Moody, Raymond Jr and Paul Perry. Glimpses of Eternity: Sharing a Loved One’s Passage from this Life to the Next. New York, NY: Guideposts, 2010.
12. Moorjani, Anita. Dying to be me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc., 2012.
13. Neal, Mary C. To Heaven and Back: A Doctor’s Extraordinary Account of her Death, Heaven, Angels and Life Again. New York: WaterBrook Press, 2012.
14. Olson, Jeff. I Knew Their Hearts: The Amazing True Story of a Journey Beyond the Veil to Learn the Silent Language of the Heart. Springville, UT: Plain Sight Publishing, 2012.

15. A. Palmieri et al., “‘Reality’ of Near-Death-Experience Memories: Evidence from a Psychodynamic and Electrophysiological Integrated Study,” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8 (2014), doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00429.

16. Ritchie, George G. and Elizabeth Sherrill. Return from Tomorrow. Grand Rapids, MI: Chosen Books, 1978.
17. Sudman, Natalie. The Application of Impossible Things: My Near Death Experience in Iraq. Huntsville, AK: Ozark Mountain Publishing, 2012.

18. M. Thonnard, et al., “Characteristics of Near-Death Experiences Memories as Compared to Real and Imagined Events Memories,” PLOS ONE 8 (2013), 3, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057620.

Mediumship & The Afterlife

1. ☞ Jackson, Laura Lynne. The Light Between Us: Stories from Heaven. Lessons for the Living. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
2. ☞ Guggenheim, Bill and Judy Guggenheim. Hello from Heaven! A New Field of Research ~ After-death Communication ~ Confirms that Life and Love are Eternal. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1995.
3. ☞ Carter, Chris. Science and the Afterlife Experience: Evidence for the Immortality of Consciousness. 2012.
4. * Beischel, Julie. Investigating Mediums: A Windbridge Institute Collection. Tucson: The Windbridge Institute, 2015.
5. Forbes, Sukey. The Angel in My Pocket: A Story of Love, Loss, and Life After Death. New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 2014.
6. Hummel, Virginia Michelle. Miracle Messenger: Signs from Above; Love from Beyond. Palm Desert, CA: StarChild10 Publications, 2011.
7. Schwartz, Gary. The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
8. Tompkins, Ptolemy. The Modern Book of the Dead: A Revolutionary Perspective on Death, the Soul, and What Really Happens in the Life to Come. New York, NY: Atria Books, 2012.

Reincarnation

1. ☞ Kelly, Emily Williams. Science, the Self, and Survival After Death: Selected Writings of Ian Stevenson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.
2. ☞ Tucker, James B. Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives. New York: St Martin’s Press, 2013.
3. ☞ Weiss, Brian L. Many Lives, Many Masters. New York, NY: Fireside, 1988.
4. * Byrd, Cathy. The Boy Who Knew Too Much: An Astounding True Story of a Young Boy’s Past-Life Memories. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House Inc., 2017.
5. Leininger, Bruce and Andrea Leininger. Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot. New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
6. Newton, Michael. Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives. Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1994.
7. Stevenson, Ian. Children Who Remember previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation (rev. ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.
8. Tucker, James B. Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives. New York: St. Martin’s, 2005.

Soul

1. ☞ Baker, Mark C., and Stewart Goetz. The Soul Hypothesis: Investigations into the Existence of the Soul. London: The Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011.
2. ☞ Singer, Michael A. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself. Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2007.
3. ☞ Zukav, Gary. The Seat of the Soul. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
4. Grof, Stanislav. Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2000.
5. James, William. Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine (2^nd ed.). Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900 (Original work published 1898)
6. Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Gorgias and Timaeus. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 2003.
7. Reintjes, Susan. Third Eye Open — Unmasking Your True Awareness. Carrboro, NC: Third Eye Press, 2003.
8. Schwartz, Robert. Your Soul’s Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born. Berkeley, California: Frog Books, 2007.

Science, Other

1. ☞ Mitchell, Edgar. The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds. New York: GP Putnam, 1996.
2. ☞ Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1962.
3. ☞ Kastrup, Bernardo. Brief Peeks Beyond: Critical Essays on Metaphysics, Neuroscience, Free Will, Skepticism and Culture. Alresford, Hants, UK: John Hunt Publishing, Ltd, 2015.
4. Chopra, Deepak, and Rudolph E. Tanzi. Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being. New York: Penguin Random House, 2015.
5. Collins, Francis S. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2006.
6. Davies, Paul. The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
7. Fox, Matthew, and Rupert Sheldrake. The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1996.
8. Mitchell, Edgar, et al. Psychic Exploration: A Challenge for Science. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1974.
9. Murphy, Nancey, Robert J. Russell and William R. Stoeger. Physics and Cosmology – Scientific Perspectives on the Problem of Natural Evil. Notre Dame, IN: Vatican Observatory and Berkeley, CA: The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 2007.
10. Olsen, Scott. The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret. New York: Walker & Company, 2006.
11. O’Neill, John J. Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla. New York: Ives Washburn, Inc. 1944.
12. Schroeder, Gerald L. The Hidden Face of God: How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
13. Taylor, Jill Bolte. My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey. New York, NY: Penguin Group, 2008.
14. Tipler, Frank J. The Physics of Immortality. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1996.
15. * Woollacott, Marjorie H. Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Spiritual, Other

1. ☞ Dupré, Louis, and James A. Wiseman. Light from Light: An Anthology of Christian Mysticism. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2001.
2. ☞ Kastrup, Bernardo. More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth, and Belief. Winchester, UK: Iff books, 2016.
3. ☞ Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. Los Angeles, CA: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1946.
4. * Fersko-Weiss, Henry. Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death. Newburyport, MA: Conari Press, 2017.
5. Neihardt, John G. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2008.
6. Singer, Michael A. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2007.
7. Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. The Phenomenon of Man. New York: Harper & Row, 1959.

Religion

1. ☞ Coppes, Christophor. The Essence of Religions: A Glimpse of Heaven in the Near-Death Experience. New York, NY: SelectBooks, Inc., 2013.
2. ☞ Pagels, Elaine. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas. New York: Random House, 2003.
3. ☞ * Fox, Emmet. The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life. New York: HarperCollins, 1989.
4. MacGregor, Geddes. Reincarnation in Christianity: A New Vision of the Role of Rebirth in Christian Thought. Wheaton, IL: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1978.
5. Pagels, Elaine. Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation. New York: Penguin Books, 2012.
6. Pagels, Elaine. The Gnostic Gospels. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1979.
7. Puryear, Herbert Bruce. Why Jesus Taught Reincarnation: A Better News Gospel. Scottsdale, AZ: New Paradigm Press, 1992.
8. VanHoose, Captain L. Edward. How the Bible Reveals Reincarnation: A Spiritual Voyage to Enlightenment. Charleston, SC: Create Space Publishing, 2004.