Transcendent Mind: Rethinking the Science of Consciousness

Transcendent Mind makes a compelling case that these too often-marginalized transpersonal experiences are not incidental but essential to an understanding of who we are as humans...their scholarship leads the reader to premises they believe the studies point to philosophically and rigorously challenge assumptions about mind-body interaction. I highly recommend this book. --PsycCRITIQUES

Scientists such as these, who step beyond dogma (and sometimes beyond job-preservation) into the unexplored frontiers, deserve to be gratefully admired. --Light of Consciousness

Transcendent Mind is a landmark text in the history of western psychology. It is perhaps the first postmaterialist psychology textbook of the 21st century. It offers a rational analysis of theories of consciousness and a rigorous discussion of essentially all the data collected in western science that speak to the possibility of shared mind, and mind without brain. It is data-driven yet open-minded and scholarly, yet accessible. It should be required reading for a new generation of consciousness investigators. --Leanna J. Standish, PhD, ND, LAc, FABNO, Professor, School of Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; and School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle

Few people on the planet can match Imants Baru s and Julia Mossbridge in their familiarity with and understanding of the relevant research and in their perspective to put that research into context. Transcendent Mind stands out among other books on consciousness in its consideration of all the data both for and against various interpretations, and in its rigorous scientific thinking about mind body interactions. --Bruce Greyson, MD, Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville

Here is a breath of clean fresh air for the serious explorer of consciousness. I've waited my whole career for such a book, given to us now by two of the foremost researchers in the field. --Allan Leslie Combs, PhD, Doshi Professor of Consciousness Studies and Director, Center for Consciousness Studies, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco; President, The Society for Consciousness Studies

Imants Barušs, PhD, is a professor of psychology at King's University College at Western University Canada, where he has been teaching undergraduate courses about consciousness for 29 years.
 
His research has focused on the fundamental nature of consciousness, and he has had academic papers published not only in consciousness journals but also in psychology, philosophy, physics, mathematics, anthropology, and other science journals.
 
He is the author of five previous books, including Authentic Knowing: The Convergence of Science and Spiritual Aspiration and Alterations of Consciousness: An Empirical Analysis for Social Scientists.
 
Julia Mossbridge, PhD, is an experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a Visiting Scholar in Psychology at Northwestern University.
 
She pursues an understanding of time, especially in terms of the relationships between conscious and nonconscious processing of events. In 2014, she received the Charles Honorton Integrative Contributions award for her work in bringing the phenomenon of presentiment to the mainstream.
 
Dr. Mossbridge is the author of Unfolding: The Science of Your Soul's Work and the upcoming mystical/philosophical adventure The Garden: An Inside Experiment.