For years, North Americans have been seeking rational, analytical answers to despair and anxiety. But now, this rational Western perception of consciousness has been challenged by an Eastern discipline which brings into sharp focus the travesty and deception underlying many of the contemporary awareness movements. Yet it is also the author's intent to combat the easy criticisms of the super-rationalists who dismiss every new development as the irresponsible inventions of the "guru-of-the-month club." He offers not only the finding of extensive scientific research on the brain but the valuable discoveries of personal experience as well.

The Mind Field : A Personal Essay

Literature & Fiction

Robert Ornstein

Essays & Correspondence

Malor Books

What determines the form of mental illness from which particular people suffer? Professor Claridge's central theme is that "psychiatric" disorders--even in their most severe forms--are abnormal manifestations of temperamental and personality characteristics we all possess to a greater or lesser degree. Examining the major forms of abnormality from this point of view, the author puts particular emphasis on the continuity between schizophrenia and normal behavior.

Origins of Mental Illness : Temperament, Deviance and Disorder

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Claridge, Gordon

Mental Health

How can an evangelist convert a hardboiled sophisticate? Why does a POW sign a "confession" that he knows is false? How is a criminal pressured into admitting his guilt? Do the evangelist, the POW's captor, and the policeman use similar methods to gain their ends? These and other compelling questions are discussed in this definitive work by William Sargant. Sargant explains and illustrates the basic techniques used by evangelists, psychiatrists, and brain-washers to dissolve existing, established patterns of belief, and then substitute new beliefs and behaviors.

Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing - How Evangelists, Psychiatrists, Politicians, and Medicine Men Can Change Your Beliefs and Behavior

William Sargant

Using genetics, experimental abnormal and clinical psychology, personality research, descriptive psychiatry and literary analysis, the authors present the revolutionary idea that normality and psychosis are continuous with each other. This groundbreaking work explores the lives and works of ten authors, among them Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath, who embody both serious mental illness and great originality of thought. The book draws upon personal diaries, historical archives, clinical records and literary productions, and examines modes of thinking such as divergent thought, over-inclusiveness, and autism, which psychosis and creativity might have in common.

Sounds from the Bell Jar: Ten Psychotic Authors

Biographies & Memoirs

Watkins, Gwen

Pryor, Ruth

Arts & Literature

The Teachers of Gurdjieff describes one man's journey to discover the sources of Gurdjieff's teachings. In the first half of the 20th century, George Gurdjieff was an influential spiritual teacher in the West. With a striking manner and appearance, Gurdjieff attracted many fashionable and influential pupils, while the sources of his teachings remained mysterious. In addition to recounting thrilling adventures in the souks of Baghdad and Aleppo, this book provides striking and timeless advice to those interested in finding spirituality. Its appeal is far beyond that of one seeker in one era, but offers us information for today on how to evaluate different forms of teaching, how to study, and even some tantalizing information on the role of Jesus. "You are scrabbling about in the sand, attracted by pieces of mica to knit together and make a window, not realizing that the sand itself is capable of being transformed into the purest glass." --from The Teachers of Gurdjieff

The Teachers of Gurdjieff

Lefort, Rafael

Professionals & Academics

The Healing Brain presents an easy to read, amusing, entertaining – yet highly authoritative account of how our brain "minds" our body – actively guarding and defending our health and well-being. Robert Ornstein, a neurologist, and David Sobel, a physician, highlight the themes most important to understand this fascinating science. They explain that, contrary to many of our assumptions about the main purpose of our brain – that it evolved primarily for "higher-thinking" – in fact, the brain works tirelessly to adapt to the changing world around us. This essential reference book helps us understand our brain as the original "health maintenance organization"– giving us the understanding we need to help our brain do what it does best – guarding our health, and helping us to heal.

The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries About How the Brain Keeps Us Healthy

David Sobel

Psychology & Counseling

Two out of every five people in the U.S. regard themselves as "shy." Yet, shyness can be cured, says Dr. Philip Zimbardo, the nation's leading authority on shyness. With co-author Shirley Radl, Dr. Zimbardo presents a program for overcoming and preventing shyness from infancy to adulthood. The book is based on pioneering research conducted at the Stanford Shyness Clinic, including surveys of people in the U.S. and abroad, with children, parents, and teachers. The book documents which parenting "style" encourages self-confidence in a child, helps with the problems of being shy and provides methods for building a child's trust and self-esteem. It explores the role that school plays in contributing to a child's shyness, and suggests ways to improve the quality of the classroom experience for every child. THE SHY CHILD is the only book to provide an effective program for conquering childhood shyness, before it has a chance to limit a child's options and determine the course of the child's life.
 " ... offers parents and teachers alike valuable approaches to helping children conquer shyness before it adversely affects them." -- Childhood Education     "...offers strategies for combating shyness, encouraging independence and teaching the child to be a social being." -- L.A. Herald Examiner     "Of the dozens of how-to books that crossed our desk this year, this seemed particularly helpful..." -- Washington Post     "Run to your nearest Bookstore and buy The Shy Child." -- Ann Landers     "Shows parents how to create an environment most likely to build confidence and self-esteem in children from pre-school through college" -- Science News     "Written in a pleasant, conversational style, unlike many research reports, it is a comprehensive guide..." -- Childhood Education

The Shy Child : Overcoming and Preventing Shyness from Infancy to Adulthood

Zimbardo, Philip G.

Radl, Shirley

This book, THE MANIPULATED MIND, by breaking down so-called brainwashing to its individual elements, shows how social conditioning, need for approval, emotional dependency and much else that we are unaware of, prevent us from being as self-directed as we think; and, conversely, which human traits make us the least susceptible to subtle influence. Ever since American prisoners of war in Korea suddenly switched sides to the Communist cause, the concept of brainwashing has continued to fascinate and confuse. Is it really possible to force any thinking person to act in a way completely alien to his character? What makes so-called brainwashing so different from the equally insidious effects of indoctrination and conditioning, or even advertising and education? Research findings from psychology show that brain-washing is not a special subversive technique; it is the clever manipulation of unrealized influences that operate in all our lives.

The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination

Self-Help

Winn, Denise

Motivational

There is no longer sufficient time to rely on the normal pace of cultural evolution to deal with today's dilemmas... Human beings have always been the most adaptable creatures on the planet, and they should be able to chart a new course for themselves. Some of that charting is already being done. The old mind today is being challenged and changed by many scattered efforts. Can we bring these efforts together to produce a large-scale program for a rapid "change of mind"? We know what the problem is. The "solution" is not simple--to generate the social and political will to move a program of conscious evolution to the top of the human agenda.

New World New Mind: Moving Toward Conscious Evolution

Ornstein, Robert

Ehrlich, Paul

In 'Multimind' Robert Ornstein presents a startling new concept of how the human mind works. Writing in an easy-to-read and accessible way, Ornstein introduces the new science of the mind, explaining why our emotions and attitudes are so easily swayed, and why it is so difficult to really know oneself, or another person. Ornstein faults the narrowness of IQ tests, how they ignore so many important human capacities, stressing the many varied abilities that make up human intelligence. Citing studies of hypnosis and multiple personality, he explains how several minds coexist in each of us – that we have many "small minds" which simultaneously, but independently process feelings, fantasies, ideas, fixed routines, and interpersonal responses, how different parts of our minds come to the fore to handle different situations. This means that "we" are not the same person from moment to moment, but rather have different memories and abilities in different situations. Reading this groundbreaking book will help you take a step towards understanding who you – and all of us – really are.

Multimind: A New Way of Looking at Human Behavior

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