Richard L. Thompson

In the world of modern science, consciousness is reduced to a fading epiphenomenon, left over after the brain has been physically explained. It seems to arise when matter is suitably organized, but scientists and philosophers have been unable to explain why complex organization should produce anything beyond complex physical behavior. Yet consciousness won't go away.One possibility is that, instead of being produced by matter, consciousness is a separate element, added to physical systems. This can be modeled using the idea of a virtual reality, in which a human subject enters a computer-simulated world through a sensory interface. In this book, virtual reality is used as a metaphor for our situation as conscious beings. The basic theme is that what we can imagine doing in a virtual reality system may actually be happening in nature on a vastly greater scale. Nature may be like a computer simulation interfaced with conscious observer/participants.This groundbreaking book shows how conscious beings could interact with a physically realistic virtual world. It shows how paranormal phenomena can be reconciled in a natural way with the laws of physics, and it sheds light on paradoxes of time, on life beyond the body, and on cosmic and terrestrial evolution. In a sweeping synthesis, the ideas and data of modern science are used to illuminate the ancient theme of consciousness in a world of illusion.

Meltdown is about the reality of global warming and one of its deadly consequences if we continue to ignore its reality.

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This volume features facsimile reprints of the Bhaktivedanta Institute Monograph Series, produced for the Bhaktivedanta Institute conference on the theme, "Life Comes from Life," held in Vrindavana, India, on October 14-16, 1977. Scientists from around the world gathered to discuss the nature and origin of life. The basic theme of the conference was that life cannot be reduced to a combination of material elements discussed in light of modern scientific theories and Vedic knowledge.

For decades, researchers have exhaustively documented modern UFO phenomena, but questions remain about the origins of these strange objects and the intentions of the beings associated with them. In Parallels, Richard L. Thompson shows that answers may lie in the records of ancient civilizations claiming thousands of years of contact with races appearing to have an unearthly origin. Startling parallels between modern UFO accounts and events described in the ancient Sanskrit writings of India offer fresh insight into the nature of exotic incidents reported throughout human history. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This book contains the author's text from the second edition of Alien Identities: Ancient Insights into Modern UFO Phenomena. The new title, Parallels, was the author's original choice.

Michael Cremos und Richard Thompsons kontroverses Buch ?Verbotene Archäologie? versetzt die Wissenschaftsgilde in basses Erstaunen. Es stellt bislang als gesichert geltende archäologische Erkenntnisse praktisch auf den Kopf und zeigt, daß die klassische Archäologie massenweise Fakten über die Entstehungsgeschichte der Menschheit unterdrückt. So liefert Verbotene Archäologie reichhaltige Beweise dafür, daß die menschliche Rasse seit Millionen von Jahren existiert. ?Verbotene Archäologie ist eine bemerkenswert umfassende Prüfung des wissenschaftlichen Beweismaterials über den Ursprung des Menschen. Das Buch wertet das gesamte Beweismaterial sorgfältig aus, auch das Material, das bisher außer acht gelassen wurde, weil es nicht in die vorherrschenden Paradigmen paßt. Wir alle können von den akribischen Forschungen und Analysen der Autoren viel lernen, egal, welche Schlüsse wir aus ihrer These über das Alter der Menschheit ziehen.? Dr. Phillip E. Johnson, Universität von Kalifornien, Berkeley ?Ich verstehe Verbotene Archäologie als ein wichtiges Werk kompromißloser Gelehrsamkeit und intellektuellen Abenteuers. Verbotene Archäologie bewegt sich in den Sphären des menschlichen Gebäudes der wissenschaftlichen >Tatsachen< und Theorien auf und ab ... Durch eingehende Erforschung der Geschichte der paläoanthropologischen Entdeckungen bringen uns Cremo und Thompson die epistemologische Krise bezüglich der Aufzeichnungen über menschliche Fossilien, den Prozeß der Vertuschung in diesem Wissenszweig und die übliche Handhabung von >ungewöhnlichem Beweismaterial< zur Aufstellung überzeugender Theorien und Einrichtung lokaler Institutionen des Wissens und der Macht näher.? Dr. Pierce J. Flynn, Abteilung für Kunst und Wissenschaft, California State University, San Marcos ?Verbotene Archäologie wurde hauptsächlich für den Laien geschrieben und ermöglicht eine kritische Überprüfung des für die menschliche Entwicklung sachdienlichen Beweismaterials. Darüber hinaus wird das Buch eine wertvolle Quelle für vergessene Literatur sein, die normalerweise nicht leicht zugänglich ist.? Dr. Siegfried Scherer, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München

In the world of modern science, traditional religion is often seen as a force of ignorance which attempts to impose outdated ideas on scientific truth. At the same time, many scientists see science giving rise to a materialistic doctrine of scientism that aims to eradicate the spiritual world view of religion.This may seem to be an irreconcilable conflict. But there is another way to look at it. Science and religion can interact synergistically to generate new and interesting ideas.God & Science is a collection of essays that examine the relationship between modern science and the Vaishnava tradition of India. Although little known in the West, the Vaishnava tradition is based on a monotheistic philosophy having much in common with Judeo-Christian thought. When brought into contact with modern science, Vaishnavism generates some of the same questions that arise from the confrontation of science and Christianity. At the same time, there are significant differences. These essays contain a smorgasbord of novel insights that provide new perspectives on the relation between science and religion.

Over the centuries, researchers have found bones and artefacts proving that modern humans have existed for millions of years. Mainstream science, however has suppressed these facts. Prejudices based on current scientific theory act as a 'knowledge filter', giving us a picture of prehistory that is largely inaccurate. This book reveals this hidden history.

Over the centuries, researchers have found bones and artefacts proving that modern humans have existed for millions of years. Mainstream science, however has suppressed these facts. Prejudices based on current scientific theory act as a 'knowledge filter', giving us a picture of prehistory that is largely inaccurate. This book reveals this hidden history.

The mysteries of the Fifth Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam have long puzzled students of Vedic cosmography and astronomy. Confronted with a description of the universe that seems much at variance with the information provided by our senses and standard astronomical calculations, foreign observers-and even Indian commentators-from the Middle Ages up to the present have concluded that the Bhagavatam's account, elaborated in other Puranas, must be mythological. On the other hand, the same persons have been much impressed with Vedic astronomical treatises, the jyotisa-sastras, which provide remarkably accurate measurements of the solar system. In Vedic Cosmography and Astromomy, Dr. Thompson shows that the Fifth Canto's cosmography and the accounts of the solar system found in the jyotisa-sastras are not contradictory, but that they in fact represent distinct yet mutually consistent ways of comprehending a universe with important features beyond the range of ordinary sense perception.solar system found in the jyotisa-sastras are not contradictory, but that they in fact represent distinct yet mutually consistent ways of comprehending a universe with important features beyond the range of ordinary sense perception.