Metaphysics category: 2011 books

“I can imagine few more enjoyable ways of thinking than to read this book.”—Sarah Bakewell, New York Times Book Review, front-page review Tackling the “darkest question in all of philosophy” with “raffish erudition” (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the...

The bestselling classic novel about an American traveler’s spiritual journey into the world of golf   When Michael Murphy first meets golf pro Shivas Irons on one of the most beautiful courses in Scotland, he doesn’t know that his life—and his golf game—will change forever....

Can a soul be coded? Can it be hacked? After being taken prisoner and brutally murdered, Staff Sergeant Grayson Cole reawakens in a Virginia hospital bearing none of the physical scars from the torture he’s certain he endured or the final blow which ended his life. Over the course...

The Real Meaning of Life wasn’t written by an expert. It isn’t the culmination of painstaking self-study or a sudden breakthrough. Instead, this fascinating book collects the insights of everyday people who responded to NYU freshman David Seaman’s simple query, “What is the meaning of life?”...

Uma tragédia pessoal levou o filósofo e jornalista Jim Holt a se fazer perguntas que ocorrem à maioria dos seres humanos. Por que existe algo e não apenas o nada? Por que há um universo do qual fazemos parte?Em busca de respostas, ele iniciou uma investigação sobre o mistério da existência,...

The double-slit experiment has been widely discussed since the founding of quantum mechanics. Nearly all textbooks on quantum mechanics use the experiment to illustrate the wave-particle duality of light and matter. According to Richard Feynman, the double-slit experiment contains the only mystery...

Extrait :  De la vie vécue par des êtres douloureux qui se meuvent dans le mystère d’une nuit. Ils ne savent rien que souffrir,  sourire, aimer ; quand ils veulent comprendre, l’effort de leur inquiétude devient de l’angoisse et leur révolte ...

Imagine if you had a guide who actually knew what lies ahead for you, and could guide you to success, happiness, fulfillment. Jose Silva's UltraMind ESP System shows you how to unlock the incredible powers of your mind and use the exciting new MentalVideo Technique to communicate reliably & regularly...

Aleister Crowley is best known today as a founding father of modern occultism. His wide, hypnotic eyes peer at us from the cover of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and his influence can be found everywhere in popular culture.Crowley, also known as the Great Beast, has...

World problems are increasing in complexity as nations become inter-related and interdependent. A nation is subject, as a man is, to the impact of energies emanating from solar and cosmic sources. These energies influence the nation as a whole through the mechanism of response equivalent to the Monad-soul-personality...

Une partie de l’oeuvre de Spinoza consiste en une critique interne des Saintes Écritures. Les pages de ce Carnet sont des textes qu’il s’agit de lire comme tels, et non l’expression d’une inspiration divine. La démarche de Spinoza est à la fois rationnelle et critique. Ainsi les miracles...

My Contact With The Great White Brotherhood A projected visit by Dr. George King in 1961 to the recently established Great White Brotherhood Retreat within the Holy mountain Ben Macdhui in Scotland following the completion of Operation Starlight. Illustrates some small part of what The Great White Brotherhood does in trying to help humanity learn and advance.

We present to your attention our dilogy on the future of the Earth and humanity. The first book is preceded the second, revealing the mystery of the meaning of our lives. Why do we exist on this planet Earth? What keeps us here? What common is between the scent of a flower, a radioactive atomic radiation,...

Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead...