abilities 34, 63, 70, 90, 96, 147, 150, 173–174, 177, 180, 183, 186, 203–204, 245, 247

accidents 54, 67, 69, 120, 122acoustics 108AI, see artificial intelligencealiens 148, 217–218Alleyne, John 198–199angels 2, 139, 154, 156, 160, 170animal telepathy 95, 216animals 1, 23–28, 32, 38–39, 45,

47, 67, 95, 120, 130, 150, 161–162, 211, 239–240, 243

higher 3–4, 23, 25, 27, 45, 155, 207, 220

pet 39, 95Anthropic Principle 11, 120,

249–250apparitions 118, 125, 135artificial intelligence (AI) 4, 27,

40, 206, 222, 246astronomy 9, 13, 157atheist, practising 58Athenodorus 119atmosphere 1, 66–67, 70, 77,

184atomic nuclei 8–9, 233, 235atoms 3, 7–9, 40, 141–142, 144,

151–152, 207, 215, 220, 222, 233–235

hydrogen 10, 14

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automatic writing 94, 179–180, 195–196, 200, 221

bacteria 19, 22, 217, 249ball lightning 56Batcheldor, Kenneth 69–70belief 25, 119, 156, 170, 218

religious 170bell-shaped curves 168, 228Benveniste, Jacques 143–144, 209Bernstein, Morey 165Big Bang 16biology 27, 31–32, 164birth 2, 22, 92, 94, 161–162, 192birthmarks 164Blake, William 123–124blindsight 102blood 32–33, 49, 54, 155body, living 159, 161body administrator 243, 245Bond, Frederick 198–201brain

animal 24–25computing 23dying 93–94electronic 29human 4, 33, 35, 46–47, 159,

206, 208, 211, 244–247living 91

brain activities 34, 49

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brain anatomists 37brain cells 20, 29, 33brain cortex 211brain failure 33

partial 47brain neuron 31brain physiologists 4, 27, 31brain-radio theory 97brain scans 131brain surgeons 33, 49brain surgery 49Brownian motion 208

carbon 40, 207, 216–217chaos theory 240Christian Bible 169, 171, 200Christianity 157, 160, 169, 175chromosomes 20–21church 106, 169–170, 172collective unconscious 38conscious mind 38, 40–41, 45–46,

48, 88, 90, 98, 132, 137, 184–185, 189–190, 194–195, 199, 210, 220

consciousness 3–4, 24–28, 34–35, 37, 39–41, 87–88, 90, 131, 155, 158, 161, 163, 206–207, 219–220, 238–239

ordinary 87critical opalescence 209cross-correspondences 154, 158,

196, 201, 221

Darwin 22–23death 26, 28, 71, 92, 94, 119, 122,

130–131, 156, 158–161, 163, 175, 186–187, 191–192, 195

decryption 210Descartes 25–26, 192determinism 233–234, 237,

239–241

devicesdeterministic 29, 31electronic brain 43

devil 2, 11, 124, 139, 154, 156, 170, 172, 174, 187

diamond 216–217dice, rolling 110diving bell 5, 35–36, 38–39,

51, 73–75, 77, 79, 81–83, 153–154, 158–159, 168–169, 185–186, 218, 220–221, 223

DNA 20–22, 164DNA code 27DNA theory 20–21double helix 20dowser 150–151dreamer 45, 126–127dreams 38–39, 41, 45, 88,

125–128, 132, 162, 184, 190, 203, 212–213, 216, 218

drugs, psychedelic 90–91

ears 23, 44, 102, 129, 137, 171human 137–138

Einstein 15, 52–53, 240electrical brain rhythms 97electromagnetic force 233electron density 8–9electrons 8–9, 151, 227, 234–235Everett III, Hugh 5, 237, 239evolution 16, 19, 22, 46, 120, 153,

220, 240exorcist 124experiments

informative 40paranormal 66, 68, 81, 227scientific 5, 57–58

eyes 5, 12, 23–24, 31–32, 43–45, 103, 107, 128–131, 246

mind’s 102, 129, 191

255Index

fantasy 71, 132, 210–211fatigue 200Feynman, Richard 43–44, 150Fleming, Alexander 207foetus 192–193fraud 59, 86, 144, 149, 168, 178,

181–182free will 32, 50, 239–240freedom, temporal 81, 186

galaxies 10–11, 16, 24, 60, 78, 82, 217, 249

Galileo 52, 57gases 77, 208–209

cold 83Gaussian distribution 111, 226,

228genes 20–21ghost 2, 69, 76, 81, 105–106, 117,

119–125, 131, 135, 139, 195fictitious 69, 154noisy 105, 108

ghosts, human 121gift of tongues 200God 11, 21, 81, 126, 154, 156–158,

160, 169–171, 240gravity 10, 15, 53, 57, 113, 131,

152, 157, 233grey cells 33guardian angels 159–160guesser 67, 100–102, 177, 183,

186, 229, 231card 66, 183, 187, 189

hallucinations 2, 44, 50, 92–93, 117–118, 121, 124

personal 123–124hauntee 121, 124healer 141–142heaven 1, 3, 11, 132, 156–157,

160–161, 168, 170–171

hell 11, 124, 154, 156–157, 160–161, 170, 241

house, haunted 119, 123human beings 3, 20–21, 23, 25,

28, 38–39, 95–96, 121, 154, 159–160, 182, 207, 211, 240, 243

human life 37, 156, 158, 160, 169, 173

human mind 26, 38, 66, 71, 74, 86, 129–130, 133, 171, 183, 185–187, 212, 221

unconscious 38, 204, 221human souls 25, 131, 163, 178Huxley, Aldous 89, 91, 192hypnosis 41, 43hysterical blindness 103

informationgenetic 20–21mental 39non-material 47numerical 230optical 103personal political 45, 88sensory 24thermal 44

intelligent life 11, 249–250interstellar gas 10

cold 75, 83

Joule’s theory 76

knowledge, scientific 51, 219

laws of chance 225, 227laws of thermodynamics 76, 125life

civilized 61previous 19, 160, 162

liquid molecules 208

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liquid theory 207–208LSD, see lysergic acid diethylamidelysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

90–91

magnetic forces 15meditation 41–42, 112, 127

joint 69–70, 136memories 22, 34–35, 49, 84,

87, 90–91, 127, 131–132, 162–164, 185, 190, 192, 200, 209, 243–246

repressed 34, 41, 88–89mental effects 68, 85, 87, 89–91,

93, 95, 97, 99, 103mental relaxation 41–42metals 144, 215misinformation 47Mother Nature 13, 52, 62, 67, 209muscles 24–25, 41–42Myers, Frederic 182–183, 195

nanotechnology 217Napoleon 173near-death experiences 128,

130nerves 23, 30, 33, 87neurons 29, 31, 33, 244

determinism brain 239neurotransmitters 244–245neutrons 7–8Newtonian physics 233, 239

ouija board 180, 194–195out-of-body experience 128, 130,

132

paranormal laboratory 43, 66–67, 168, 174, 182, 184

paranormal levitation 113–114

paranormalism 155parapsychology 5, 71, 174, 186,

191, 222, 227particle exchange 15person, dying 161philosophers 27, 52–53, 169philosophy 3, 16, 53, 168photography 145–146photons 13, 15, 234–235, 238physical body 47physical death 158physical phenomena 54, 69, 80physical science 2–3, 6, 25, 51,

53–55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65–66, 155–157, 205

physical scientist 2, 5, 58, 114–115

physical space 13, 73, 79–80, 85, 132, 154, 159, 218, 220

physical theory 16, 153, 208physical universe 12, 75, 249physical world 1, 4–7, 9, 13, 15,

17, 57–58, 74–80, 82–85, 87, 121–122, 124–125, 128, 196–198, 222

physicists 15, 19, 235physics 5, 53, 57, 75, 182,

233–237, 239–241classical 236, 239physiologists 32, 192pineal gland 25planchette 150, 194–195, 201planets 10, 53, 77, 208, 219, 249plants 16, 26–27, 249poltergeist action 106–107, 125poltergeists 74, 76, 105–108, 110,

114, 125, 135–136, 140–141, 148–149, 152, 174, 193

post-stroke brain reorganization 34

powder of sympathy 92–93predators 22–23, 95, 240proton 7–8

257Index

psilocybin 91psychiatric theory 86, 88psychiatrists 3, 38, 40, 42, 46–47,

87–91, 126, 190, 212, 220psychiatry 41, 86–87, 155psychic 2, 54, 69, 79, 144, 174,

230–231psychic ability 69, 96, 150, 154,

174, 177, 182–183, 221psychic powers 107, 177, 180psychokinetic forces 107, 110psychometrists 144, 150–152

quantum mechanics 5, 13, 143, 233–237, 239, 241

quantum theory 143, 231, 238–239

quantum world 234–235

radiation 12–13, 16–17, 98infrared 12–13

random-event generator (REG) 102

random-number generator (RNG) 102, 110

rapid-eye movements (REMs) 128REG, see random-event generatorreincarnation 161–165REMs, see rapid-eye movementsRNG, see random-number

generator

scientific theory 53, 206, 236scotoma 102–103séance 113–114, 139, 197seers 190–191sensory system 117Serios, Ted 146–147sexual reproduction 19–20, 23signals, telepathic 94, 96

skin 23, 44, 117–118soul 11, 25–26, 117, 126, 131–132,

154, 156, 160, 162–163, 170, 201, 241

released 161spiritualism 135, 174–175, 182,

198, 200star guessers 54, 67, 81, 89,

100–101, 103, 110–111, 168, 174, 179, 181, 183–185, 187, 229–231, 239

stilling 41–43, 46stroke 5, 32–35, 47, 132, 210, 245superstring theorists 79synapses 33

telaesthesia 129–130telepathic messages 84, 93, 95,

97–99telepathy 2, 26, 38, 61, 71, 80,

91–99, 123, 127, 129, 183, 185, 198, 203, 220–221

teleprinters 25–26theological world 154, 170–171theology 160, 220thermodynamics 14, 76, 110, 125thoughtography 145, 152three dimensions of space 14, 17,

80, 82

unconscious mind 2–5, 28, 34–35, 37–43, 45–49, 66–68, 85–91, 98, 125–128, 158–159, 184–187, 189–191, 203–206, 210–212, 220–222

collective 38sensitive 184

universe 7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16–17, 75, 89, 115, 120–121, 131, 156–157, 234, 237, 239, 249–250

unobservable 237

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Vedic flying 112Victorian séances 69, 112–113,

148–149, 193

witch hunts 171–172witchcraft 171–172

witches 95, 171, 173wizards 95, 171womb 22, 90, 164, 192–193

xenoglossy 139Xin, Yan 141

JonesWhy Are We Conscious?

David E. H. Jones‘This book posits the existence of an “unknown world” which may be similar to the electric and magnetic spatial fields. Like them, it fills all space. Dr Jones explores the properties it must have to coexist with the physical world and suggests that the unknown world contains a lot of information. It has a strange, unpredictable interaction with the unconscious mind. Sometimes the unconscious mind injects information into it—this is telepathy. Sleep-dreams may be cryptically coded messages from the unknown world via the unconscious mind. The art of decoding is rapidly improving, thanks largely to the way government spy agencies are exploiting the computer. Dr Jones hopes that the rapid decoding of unconscious messages will soon become feasible.’

Dr John Timney The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

‘Everything is made of atoms, and nothing made of atoms should be conscious. Yet we are: indeed, consciousness is the only thing we are aware of. Like Aristotle and Descartes before him, Dr Jones is unable to solve the puzzle. This book, while respecting the findings of physical science, explores his notion that to be conscious you need an unconscious mind.’

Adrin NeatrourHead of Crinkle Cut Motion Pictures, UK

There are two huge gaps in scientific theory. One, the contradiction between classical and quantum mechanics, is discussed in many publications. The other, the total failure to explain why anything made of atoms (such as ourselves) can be conscious, has little acknowledgement. The main thesis of this book is that to be conscious at all, you need an unconscious mind. The author explores the idea that this mind sometimes makes contact with a whole unknown world, sporadically revealed by paranormal effects, but perhaps discoverable by hitherto uninvented scientific instruments.

The book looks at the notion of the unconscious mind, one of the most important hypotheses of the twentieth century. Psychiatrists often deploy it rather informally, but there is no accepted theory of it. No region of the human brain seems to hold it. The author delves into the notion that the unknown world exists and is very weakly coupled to the physical world. He ponders the properties it may have to allow this coupling, looks at several paranormal effects scientifically and points out that many of them seem to imply brief but dramatic changes of the forces between atoms—a possible effect of the unknown world, unexamined by physical science.

David E. H. Jones is a British chemist and author, perhaps best known for his weekly lighthearted, provocative scientific column, started in the mid-1960s in New Scientist under the pen name Daedalus. In the 1980s he transferred the Daedalus column to Nature and The Guardian, where it continued for many years. He published two books with columns from these magazines, along with additional comments and implementation sketches: The Inventions of Daedalus:

A Compendium of Plausible Schemes (1982) and The Further Inventions of Daedalus (1999). He has worked in academia, industry and television. Daedalus’s most notable contribution is possibly his prediction of hollow carbon molecules before buckminsterfullerene was made, and long before its synthesizers won the Nobel Prize. Jones’s book The Aha! Moment explores how the unconscious mind spurs new ideas. Other than Daedalus, in scientific circles he is perhaps best known for his study of bicycle stability, his determination of arsenic in Napoleon’s wallpaper, and for having designed and flown an experiment to grow a chemical garden in microgravity. In 2009 a documentary film about his work and inventions, Perpetual Motion Machine, was made and shown at the Newcastle Science Festival, 2010.

Why Are We Conscious?A Scientist’s Take on Consciousness and Extrasensory Perception

ISBN 978-981-4774-32-1V602