There are two authors I've recommended in various places before that I definitely respect and appreciate.  I recently bought two of their most recent books and I'm very, very pleased with what I've learned and what they've proven by years of scientific research.  Yep, I said "scientific" as in double blind studies and all that true scientific proof requires.  We're legit, folks.  Let me tell you about the authors and these books and why I'm so thrilled to bring this to you all.

First of all, Larry Dossey, MD is the author of a book called One Mind.  Quoting what's written on the back cover of the book:

"In the 20th century, we were introduced ro several subdivisions of the mind: the conscious, subconscious, preconscious and so on.  But what we didn't know was that there was another level of consciousness, an all-encompassing, infinite dimension of shared intelligence: the One Mind. This universal consciousness connects all of us through space and time.

Emerging studies have shown that the One Mind isn't just an idea; it's a reality. In this book, Larry Dossey shares compelling experiences and research that supports the One Mind concept, such as:

     Shared thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations wirh a distant individual

     Communication between humans and sentient nonhumans, such as pets

     Acquisition of previously unknown knowledge from a person who has died

     Hidden or lost objects found through mental means alone

     Direct contact with a transcendent domain through near-death experiences

Rev. Wayne Muller, who I'm not familiar with, wrote this on the back of the book, too, but I want to include his comments as well:

"The Buddha said: Isolation is the world's great misery.  In an increasingly complex world , we feel overwhelmed, discouraged, and more and more alone.  Dr. Larry Dossey, a gifted physician of the soul , relieves the agony of modern isolation. He reveals our deep connections to everything around us, to reassert our belonging with everything everywhere."

This book is absolutely awesome.  Worth every penny you pay for it and then some, in my opinion.  I can't recommend it highly enough and I'm going to read it again----and probably again and again.  I hope many of you will, too.  I got mine on Amazon.

The second book is by Dean Radin, PhD.  It's titled Real Magic and from the back of the book:

"The chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences turns a critical eye toward such practices as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis.  Are such powers really possible?  Science says yes." 

To quote just a little from his first page, he says "this is about REAL magic" and he says "Real magic falls into three categories......"  The first category he calls "force of will"and he says it's associated with spell-casting and other techniques meant to intentionally influence events or actions. 

The second one he calls "divination" and it's associated with Tarot reading mirror-gazing and other practices.

The third one he calls "theurgy" and it involves evoking and communicating with spirits.  

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