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The Future of the Body

Explorations Into the Further Evolution of Human Nature

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In the oral and written histories of every culture, there are countless records of men and women who have displayed extraordinary physical, mental, and spiritual capacities. In modern times, those records have been supplemented by scientific studies of exceptional functioning.Are the limits of human growth fixed?Are extraordinary abilities latent within everyone?Is there evidence that humanity has unrealized capacities for self-transcendence?Are there specific practices through which ordinary people can develop these abilities?Michael Murphy has studied these questions for over thirty years.In The Future of the Body, he presents evidence for metanormal perception, cognition, movement, vitality, and spiritual development from more than 3,000 sources. Surveying ancient and modern records in medical science, sports, anthropology, the arts, psychical research, comparative religious studies, and dozens of other disciplines, Murphy has created an encyclopedia of exceptional functioning of body, mind, and spirit. He paints a broad and convincing picture of the possibilities of further evolutionary development of human attributes.By studying metanormal abilities under a wide range of conditions, Murphy suggests that we can identify those activities that typically evoke these capacities and assemble them into a coherent program of transformative practice.A few of Murphy's central observations and proposal

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The Future of the Body, Michael Murphy

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1993
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Titolo
The Future of the Body
Sottotitolo
Explorations Into the Further Evolution of Human Nature
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
1993
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
785
ISBN10
0874777305
ISBN13
9780874777307
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In the oral and written histories of every culture, there are countless records of men and women who have displayed extraordinary physical, mental, and spiritual capacities. In modern times, those records have been supplemented by scientific studies of exceptional functioning.Are the limits of human growth fixed?Are extraordinary abilities latent within everyone?Is there evidence that humanity has unrealized capacities for self-transcendence?Are there specific practices through which ordinary people can develop these abilities?Michael Murphy has studied these questions for over thirty years.In The Future of the Body, he presents evidence for metanormal perception, cognition, movement, vitality, and spiritual development from more than 3,000 sources. Surveying ancient and modern records in medical science, sports, anthropology, the arts, psychical research, comparative religious studies, and dozens of other disciplines, Murphy has created an encyclopedia of exceptional functioning of body, mind, and spirit. He paints a broad and convincing picture of the possibilities of further evolutionary development of human attributes.By studying metanormal abilities under a wide range of conditions, Murphy suggests that we can identify those activities that typically evoke these capacities and assemble them into a coherent program of transformative practice.A few of Murphy's central observations and proposal