Review: Illuminating little volume
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2012
A fascinating examination of 'metaphysical' or as they are more commonly referred to now, new-age or esoteric ideas and principles and how they can be used in a learning environment. Book was published in 1978, but still provides plenty of interesting information to an open-minded reader.Topics covered are:AURACORRESPONDENCECYCLESDUALITYKARMAMEDITATIONREALITY AND ACTUALITYREINCARNATIONand more.My personal favorite was the chapter on Mediation. Author mentioned an interesting accelerated learning technique developed in Bulgaria and called Suggestopedia, where students were a taught in relaxing atmosphere, that allowed them to calm their minds, so that the children were able to absorb enormous amounts of information in short periods of time. My own experience also suggests that calm and relaxed mind learns faster and retains more information longer.Book is written in a scholarly prose, with many studies cited. Granted, some of the studies were from Soviet block countries and might look somewhat suspect to a Westerner, but it only underlines the fact that more research is needed.Overall, this is an illuminating little volume that would be a great addition to anybody who has an interest in parapsychology and related disciplines.