Cosmic ConsciousnessCosimo, Inc., 1. dets 2007 - 404 pages Wildly arrogant, stunningly bombastic, and undeniably fascinating. This 1901 work-the masterpiece of an eclectic genius whose life encompassed medical science, mystical transcendence, and prospecting for gold-posits a higher form of sentience that only a few humans have ever achieved, among them Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Dante, William Blake, and the author himself, of course. As Bucke shares his metaphysical experience of the "cosmic consciousness" and offers evidence for the few instances in history of its occurrence ("it may as well be frankly stated at once that the view of the present editor is that Francis Bacon wrote the 'Shakespeare' plays and poems"), the reader may well be moved to throw this bizarre and highly intriguing book furiously across the room... if the reader can put it down at all, that is. Canadian mystic and doctor RICHARD MAURICE BUCKE (1837-1902) was a pioneer in the medical treatment of mental illness; his famous friendship with Walt Whitman was the subject of the 1992 movie Beautiful Dreamers. He also wrote Man's Moral Nature (1879) and an 1883 authorized biography of Whitman. |
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... kingdom of heaven , about what may come with and after the cessation of the life of the present body . Each soul will feel and know itself to be immortal , will feel and know that the entire universe with all its good and with all its ...
... kingdom of heaven , about what may come with and after the cessation of the life of the present body . Each soul will feel and know itself to be immortal , will feel and know that the entire universe with all its good and with all its ...
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... Kingdom of God " or the " Kingdom of Heaven , " because of the peace and hap- piness which belong to it and which are perhaps its most charac- teristic features . Paul called it " Christ . " He speaks of himself as " a man in Christ ...
... Kingdom of God " or the " Kingdom of Heaven , " because of the peace and hap- piness which belong to it and which are perhaps its most charac- teristic features . Paul called it " Christ . " He speaks of himself as " a man in Christ ...
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Contents
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PART III | 76 |
Instances of Cosmic Consciousness | 83 |
JESUS THE CHRIST | 97 |
PLOTINUS | 121 |
6 | 130 |
7 | 138 |
AdditionalSome of Them Lesser Imperfect and Doubtful Instances | 255 |
ISAIAH | 261 |
CHARLES G FINNEY | 287 |
17 | 294 |
24 | 301 |
R P | 308 |
T S | 317 |
J W | 332 |
9 | 148 |
10 | 159 |
HONORÉ DE BALZAC | 198 |
13 | 215 |
14 | 237 |
J WILLIAM LLOYD | 342 |
PAUL TYNER | 351 |
A J | 361 |
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Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind Richard Maurice Bucke Limited preview - 2006 |
Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind Richard Maurice Bucke Limited preview - 2006 |
Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind Richard Maurice Bucke Limited preview - 2007 |
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Page 171 - Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace.
Page 119 - For which cause we faint not ; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
Page 109 - His lord said unto him. Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Page 106 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying; Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 108 - And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
Page 179 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 285 - Is lightened: — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul: While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Page 106 - Why stand ye here all the day idle ? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard ; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Page 170 - If it were fill'd with your most high deserts? Though yet, heaven knows, it is but as a tomb Which hides your life and shows not half your parts.
Page 107 - ... penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.