Sinossi
Le esperienze di picco - o di "potenziamento della coscienza" - sono state una costante in letteratura, nella storia dell'arte e nella filosofia. Dopo una ricerca durata quarant'anni, in questo libro Colin Wilson si interroga sul significato e sul potere di queste esperienze. L'autore ci mostra come grandissime personalità del calibro di Yeats, Blake, Sartre, Nietzsche e Graves abbiano sperimentato e usato questo fenomeno nella creazione delle loro opere. Attraverso molti aneddoti sulla vita degli autori trattati, Wilson descrive questo rinvigorimento della creatività e ci parla di come il livello superiore di coscienza cui accediamo attraverso le esperienze di picco sia raggiungibile a partire da un nuovo modello di comprensione delle nostre emozioni.
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- Pagine: 264
- Data di uscita: 01-02-2018
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In my twenties I read about every book I could find of this author. I was especially thrilled about his ideas about psychology, philosophy and criminology. "Superconsciousness" is about higher states of consciousness, how people usually take their states of minds for granted because they don't reali Leggi tutto
Interesting but slightly repetitive after The Occult.
I've been a devoted reader of Wilson since my teen years, and recently sought his most recent book to see where his explorations into the nature of consciousness had brought him after all these decades. Recommended as an easily digestible summation of his thought and researches.
Colin Wilson is an amazing intellect. He has the ability to pull together sources from across disciplines and centuries and put them together in novel ways.
Reading Colin Wilson's books like this one are always an interesting experience. They're thought provoking and uplifting, but at the same time I find myself laughing over imagining serious, academically-minded philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists face-palming after reading his opinions.
O3,5 “A mensagem a reter é que, antes de tentarmos ver no escuro, devemos assegurar-nos de que as pilhas da lanterna estão carregadas” A Experiência Culminante, de paz e união é uma ilusão fisiológica? Isso importa? O que é real é o que sentimos como real, o calor que sentimos naquilo que chamamos de Leggi tutto
This book is an interesting look at the capabilities of the human mind. According to Wilson, the mind is capable of far more than what our five senses tell us. In fact, these senses work against us by severely limiting our perspective of the true world. The book concludes with a sort of how-to manua Leggi tutto
My mind can influence the world around me. Effort and attentiveness can shake us out of the "robot" mode of living and into intentional glorious life. Activities that challenge the mind lead to a better consciousness over mindlessly doing something. The "intentional doing" does not have to be someth Leggi tutto
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