beyond our mind's wild reach. Here is the catalyst that acts when it has
something to catalyze, and always remains unchanged in so doing. Here is
thoughts, strivings, system, and games. Here all paths are opened and
synthesized, our freedom underwritten and assured within.
questions why, our rages, our impotences and despairs. Here, too, is that
long, hard dying, held in arms helpless to sustain a fragile breath.
universe asunder.
all need. Here is the balm for the unbearable, the arc across the
unbridgeable. Here is the ongoing of loser and lost.
fire I reap the whirlwind of all the worlds.
guide to the reference and bibliography system
Source credits, references, explanatory notes, and bibliography are
listed in the following pages. They are not indicated in context but
are easily found in the reference section. For example, if you are on
page 7 of Chapter 1, and find reference to Michael Polanyi's observation
that education is a form of conversion, you will find in the reference
section the following:
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7 Polanyi: education = conversion. (79) p. 151.
Under Chapter 1, page 7, is Polanyi's name; the key-words education --
conversion; the bibliographical source number corresponding to Polanyi's
book in parentheses (79), i.e., number 79 of the bibliography; and
the page number in Polanyi's work, p. 151, from which the reference is
taken. Commentary, if any, is included after the key-words.
references and notes
CHAPTER 1 CIRCLES AND LINES
Page
1 Bruner: direct-touch. (9) p. 130.
2 Bruner: concepts-percepts. (9) p. 6.
4 Bruner: social fabric. (9) p. 130.
4 Sapir: illusion. (36) p. 87.
7 Polanyi: education = conversion. (79) p. 151.
8 fire-walking. (see chapter 6).
8 Lévi-Strauss: semantic universe. (61) p. 268.
9 Bohm: zero-point energy. (see chapter 5).
9 Jesus: mountain-removal. (72) Matthew 17:20,
Mark 12:22, John 14: 12.
10 G. Feinberg: tachyons. (26) p. 42, 43.
11 Polanyi: indwelling. This is Polanyi's principal
thesis running throughout his work. (79, 80, 81).
11 Whitehead: value = limitation. (103) p. 95.
14 Jung: inner-contradiction. (45) p. 71.
14 Lévi-Strauss: archaic intellect. (61) p. 268.
15 Teilhard: destiny. (92) p. 47.
16 innate ideas versus realism. Two views of the old
argument from one issue of Synthese. (15, 33).
18 Codex Bezae. This story fits in with Jesus' entire
attitude toward logical thinking (law) and is probably genuine. (66)
p. 50.
18 loose on earth. The term was a legal one in current
usage. Jesus' use of it encompasses its mundane sense in a larger
ontological framework. (72) Matthew 16:20, 18:18, Mark 4:24-25.
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19 Bruner: left-hand. (9).
19 Polanyi: tacit-primary. (81) p. 12, 13, 26, etc.
20 "autistic." The word has a variety of uses but Peter McKellar's
explanation led me to its adoption for the "shadow side" of
thinking. It has negative connotations, but not so many as the term
"unconscious."
20 Polanyi: child-thinking. (81) p. 19.
24 Selye: hypnagogic. (85) p. 47.
25 Polanyi: beauty + discovery. (81) p. 37, 38.
26 Tillich: hidden content. (97) p. 267.
30 Laing. (56) p. 114, 115.
30 Smythies. (16) p. 70.
31 Whitehead: foolishness. (103) p. 49.
31 Piaget: autistic = magic. (76) p. 152, 168. (77)
p. 204, 244. (78) p. 302, 303.
32 Ars Antiqua-Nova. 14th century artists called themselves the
New Artists, and the preceding period the Antique artists.
33 Hoffer-Osmond. (41) p. 108. Also see: Tart's book,
Altered States of Consciousness, is a work of considerable
importance, but one I found too late for inclusion. (91).
33 Cohen: "LSD and intent of investigators." Creativity
can be sponsored by psychedelics, but is dependent,
as all such activity, on the intent of all concerned.
As Harman, et at., report, the expectations and in-
tent determine the characteristics of the experience.
Therapeutic concerns breed personal problems as
the center of the experience. "Kick-seeking" breeds
euphoria and visions. Creative problem solving can
likewise be induced by programming the experience
around elimination of distractions, attention to de-
tail, confidence in abilities, and lack of hypercrit-
icisms. (16) p. 84. Also see: (91) p. 446--447.
34 Bruner: colors. (10).
35 Solley-Murphy: sea of data. (88) p. 178.
200
35 Huxley: valves. (43) p. 22, 23.
36 Sherwood: universal percept. (16) p. 97. Also see:
Joe Kamiya's studies on sponsoring alpha-wave pro-
duction in subjects. (91) p. 507. Kasamatsu and
Kirai's studies of Zen meditation. (97) chapter 33.
36 Cohen: unsanity. If awareness turns back on the
fundamental electrochemical activity that constitutes
perception and thinking, a basic-unity experience
would be inevitable (Cohen's argument). On the
other hand, the "undoing" of the psychic structure
(deautomization) permits increased detail and sen-
sation, possibly giving awareness of new dimensions
of the total stimulus array. (16) p. 97. Also see:
Deikman's arguments, pro and con. (91) p. 39.
36 Carington: field of consciousness. (13) p. 175,
176, 179, 202, etc.
37 Whitehead: no simple location. (103) p. 74.
37 Bruner: sensory deprivation. (10). Also see: Zu-
bek's anthology of research on sensory deprivation,
an exhaustive survey that points up how overdrawn
and possibly atypical my example was (107). How-
ever, all the phenomena of my example are com-
mon, though not often occurring completely at one
time. Above all, as Rossi points out, the manner in
which the research questions are formulated influ-
ences the design of the research and the interpreta-
tion of the results. This observation verifies the
central thesis of my entire book. (107) p. 42.
Among conclusions of research so far, are: a lack of
variability of sensory data is compensated for by in-
ternal syntheses to give variety of sensory experience.
Deprivation of one sensory mode will be compen-
sated for by the other sensory modes (a certain level
of synesthesia, mixing of sensory modes, is always
present). (107) p. 201. Schultz (1965) refers to
"sensoristasis," the organism's attempt to maintain an
optimal range of sensory variation; restriction of
sensory intake lowers sensory thresholds and the
system tries to maintain its norm or balance of
senses. (107) p. 242.
38 McKellar: no mental experience. (64) p. 73.
42 Vasilieve: mustard plaster. The Russians have also
done extensive research on "non-visual" seeing, first
detected in work with the blind, and now appar-
ently being fostered and developed along startling
lines. (100).
42 Jung: sun-phallus. (46) p. 152.
43 Stace: Koestler. (90) chapter 9.
46 Livingston: commitment. (62).
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49 feral children. (32). Also see: "Wolf Children of
India," American Journal of Psychology, XXXVIII,
1927; "More about Wolf Children of India," Amer-
ican Journal of Psychology, XLII, 1931.
50 Jung: Tabula-rasa. (48) p. 267.
50 Jung: peeling the unconscious. (46) p. 152.
51 Langer: miscarry of language. (57) p. 110.
51 Bruner: transformation. (11) p. 109.
52 Smythies: child-world hallucination. (16) p. 70.
Also see: Deikman writes that the studies of Werner,
von Senden and Shapiro suggest that development
from infancy to adulthood is bought at the price of
some stimuli and stimulus qualities and exclusion
of others. Reversal of this process, regression, thus
might release aspects of reality otherwise unavail-
able (a point dwelt on later in my book). (91)
p. 39.
52 Bracken: German theory. See Phillipp Lersch on
"levels of the mind." (8) p. 212.
53 James Old: rats. Stimulus of this area of the human
brain underlies much of the research reported on by
Tart (91), and has more recently been successfully
produced non-psychedelically by Drs. Masters and
Houston (The New York Times, August 26; 1970,
p. 35). (73).
54 Blake: poem. Auguries of Innocence. (5).
54 Blake: garden -- mind. Marginalia to Reynolds.
(5) p. 453.
54 Gesell: recovery by Kamala. Chronology. (32) p.
103-7.
54 Gesell: mold. (32) p. 67.
55 Erickson. (69) p. 71, 72.
55 Lévy Bruhl. (44) p. 16.
55 Jensen. (44) p. 14.
56 Whorf: agreement. (104) p. 213-214.
57 Langer: speech not survival. (57) p. 106, 113.
57 Bruner: father to man. (9) p. 7.
58 Hall: roots of culture. (36) p. 177.
58 Whitehead: fundamental assumptions. (103) p. 49.
58 Carington: fact not law. (13) p. 198.
59 Gibson: visual field. (36) p. 62.
59 Hall: synthetic vision. (36) p. 65
59 Hall: culture = world. (36) p. 65.
59 Cohen: world not as seen. (16) p. 45.
60 Bruner: senses not one-way street. (9) p. 6.
61 Hail: vision = transaction. (36) p. 75.
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63 de Bono. (21) p. 20f.
64 Polanyi: Paul. (80) p. 44.
64 Russell. (83) p. 180.
64 Hamilton: quaternions. (60) p. 332, 335.
65 Toynbee. (60) p. 114.
65 Einstein: illumination. (1) p. 236.
66 Kazantzakis. Introduction. (50).
67 Augustine. (60) p. 326, 327
67 Wesley. (60) p. 327.
69 Teilhard: take apart. (94) p. 110.
70 Piaget. (76) p. 204.
71 James: overbelief. (60) p. 327.
71 Poincaré: hooked atoms. References to Poincaré's
insights occur continually throughout all studies of
the creative act. (64) p. 116.
72 Bruner: categorizing. (9) p. 20.
72 Bruner: outline of creativity. (9) p. 23, 25.
73 Eliade: Yoga. (24) p. 10.
74 Hunt: occult. (42) p. 55.
75 Kekule's imagery. Selye, Langer, and many others
have referred to this intriguing case. (64) p. 121.
77 Cohen: analysts. (16) p. 182.
77 Kline: hypnotism. (51). Also see: Kline's collection
of reports concerning the "Bridey Murphy" hoax.
And throughout Tart's study, the interaction of
subject and hypnotist is clearly established; and, in
the case of mutual hypnosis this unconscious rap-
port takes on profound dimensions. (91).
78 Yeats: automatic writing. (25) p. 220.
78 Laski: Martin. The remarks concerning Martin are
in no way to be considered disparaging. That his
work is a clear example of overbelief construction
and metanoia doesn't diminish its impressive quality
and deep possibility. (60) p. 328. Also see: Martin's
own work. (59).
81 Laski: "who can doubt." (60) p. 330.
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84 Singer: fluid Irontiers. (86) p. 392.
84 Singer: mind-nature. (86) p. 336.
84 Bruner: science not discovery. (10) p. 7.
84 Weaver: human enterprise. (101) p. 44.
84 Bronowski: science as art. (94) p. 249.
84 Teilhard: discovery-creation. (94) p. 249.
86 kidney transplant. Address over WAMC (Albany
Medical College), Eastern Education Radio.
86 Popper: episteme is gone. (101) p. 51.
87 Weaver: foundations. (101) p. 51.
87 Whitehead: science = rational o] God. (103) p.
13-16.
87 Whitehead: basic stuff. (103) p. 17.
88 Whitehead: simple locations. (103) p. 52-57.
89 McKellar: certainty systems. (64) p. 168.
204
89 Boring: ego in controversy. (7) p. 6.
89 MeKellar: concepts = things. (64) p. 176.
90 Bruner: engineered tinkering. (9) p. 162.
90 Polanyi: metanoia. (79) p. 151.
90 Polanyi: no systematic. (79) p. 159.
90 Polanyi: self-modifying. (79) p. 151.
91 hardness of heart. (72) Mark 6:5, 6. Matthew
13:58.
91 Polanyi: intellectual passions. (79) p. 159.
91 Bernard: ideas given form. (41) p. 6.
92 Bruner: empty categories. This list could be ex-
tended to book form. (10)p. 14.
93 Bode's Law. (86) p. 238.
93 Bohme: experience = observation. (6) p. 98.
93 Pauli: intuition and attention. (75) p. 15.
93 Polanyi: discovery is irreversible. (79) p. 123.
94 G. Feinberg: Maxwell and Einstein. (27).
95 Ladriere: mysterious connection. (54) p. 74.
95 Pauli: percept and concept. (75) p. 152.
95 Bohm: no eternal forms. (6) p. 156.
95 Bohm: necessary relations. (6) p. 156.
96 Teilhard: change of state. (94) p. 180.
96 Bohm: history. (6) p. 99.
96 atomic idea. In his section on Greek philosophy,
Will Durant gave a splendid description of the
atomic notion and suggests an even greater antiquity
for it (Life of Greece, 1939). (86) p. 99.
97 Bohm: evidence for atoms. (6) p. 99.
97 Conant: better theory. (85) p. 280.
98 Bohm: universe not based on atoms. (6) p. 164.
98 G. Feinberg: basic stuff is known. (27).
98 Bohm: sub quantum. (6) p. 156.
99 Teilhard: ultimate energy. (94) p. 250.
99 Bohm: new sources. (6) p. 164.
100 Planck: contradiction = progress. (85) p. 280.
101 Teilhard: radical energies. (94). p. 250.
101 Teilhard: thought perleas. (94) p. 176.
102 Teilhard: psyche-soma. (94) p. 176.
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104 L. Feinberg. (28).
106 Grosvenors: Ceylon. (34).
108 Greek walkers. Dr. Krechmal writes of the sighing
of the trance state, a typical characteristic. (53).
109 hook-swingers. (52).
110 Manasseh. (17) p. 441.
112 Neumann: precedence of inner. (71) p. 294.
112 Jesus -- hate world. (72) Mark 12:26.
113 hand to plow. (72) Luke 9:62, Mark 6:48, 49.
113 Jung: rational, irrational. (47) p. 48.
113 Bruner: late. (9) p. 160.
114 Tillich: ground of being. As well as underlying
thesis in all of his work. (97) p. 156. (96) p. 297-
299.
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116 Hilgard. (40).
116 Jung: hypnotized patient. (48) p. 219.
118 Hilgard: fantasy play. (40) p. 382.
119 Hilgard: flexible role. (40) p. 382.
120 Belo: trance. (2).
120 Hilgard: trance and child. (40) p. 388.
120 Belo: child trance dancers. (2) p. 4.
121 Hilgard: parent role of hypnotist. (40) p. 24, 25.
121 Hilgard: loss of hypnotic susceptibility. The mystery
is not why some people can achieve deep trance but
why most people are not able to do so. Hilgard has
made strides toward this problem. (40) p. 382. Also
see: Ronald Shot on hypnosis and reality-orienta-
tion. (91) p. 233-250.
122 Hilgard: transference. (40) p. 386.
123 Meares -- tooth extraction. Medical Journal of Aus-
tralia, McKay, June 1963. (40) p. 126, 127.
124 Hilgard: role-playing. More on this in reference to
don Juan. (40) p. 391. Also see: Tart explores mu-
tual hypnosis which expands the possibilities of the
state far beyond anything to date. (91) p. 293.
125 Aborigine. (3) p. 29, 43, 57, 64, 66, etc.
127 Lévi-Strauss: intellectual. (61) p. 89, 268.
127 Lévi-Strauss: aborigine isolation (61) p. 89.
128 Murdock: stupidity and primitive. (68) p. 26, 41.
Also see: Spencer and Gillen offer an exhaustive
study of central Australian natives, but view their
subjects from a 19th century white man's chauvin-
ism. Again we have, "The idea of making any kind
of clothing . . . appears (not to have) entered the
native mind." (89) p. 16.
128 16,000 years of aborigine development. (70).
129 Berndt: impressed-surprised. (3) p. 6. Also see:
Spencer and Gillen devote a large segment of their
study to the ceremonies and rituals of the Arunta,
since these constitute a major portion of the native
culture. (89).
129 Berndt: aborigine genius. (3) p. 6.
130 camel -- needle's eye. (72) Matthew 19:24.
132 don Juan and Carlos. ( 14 ).
136 early American cultures. (59, 67, 74).
139 don Juan -- looking breathlessly. (14) p. 137. Also
see: Tart's work in mutual hypnosis has created non-
ordinary reality states every bit as strong and unique
as the Mescalito ones, and, since shared, offer an ex-
citing possibility. (91).
139 don Juan -- paths can kill. (14) p. 118.