The book challenges the prevailing belief that the brain must necessarily rule the body.
by Michael A. Jawer with Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph.D.
Contemporary science holds that the brain rules the body and generates all of our feelings and perceptions.
The authors disagree. They contend that it is our feelings that underlie our conscious selves, and determine what we think and how we conduct our lives. And, that the less consciousness we have of our emotional being, the more physical disturbances we are likely to have — from ailments such as migraines, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and post-traumatic stress to anomalous perceptions such as apparitions and involuntary out-of-body experiences.
Using the latest scientific research on immunity, sensation, stress, cognition and emotional expression, the authors demonstrate that the way we process our feelings provides a key to who is most likely to experience these phenomena and why. They explain that emotion is a portal into the world of extraordinary perception, and provide the studies that validate the science behind telepathic dreams, poltergeists and ESP.
The book challenges the prevailing belief that the brain must necessarily rule the body. Far from being byproducts of neurochemistry, the authors show that emotions are the key vehicle by which we can understand ourselves and our interactions with the world around us, as well as our most intriguing — and perennially baffling — experiences.
$24.95 — Park Street Press, One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767.
Reprinted from AzNetNews, Volume 29, Number 1, February/March 2010.
April 15, 2012
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