The Ghosts of Consciousness (Omega Books Series): Thought and the Spiritual Path

John Best, Professor, Department of Psychology, Eastern Illinois University
...a substantial work that is sure to be influential.... The clear writing style will keep readers eager to learn.

Ken Wilber, author, A Brief History of Everything
...a serious book that deserves a wide audience.

Kaisa Puhakka, Ph.D., California Institute of Integral Studies
...sheds light on the subtle ways in which thinking holds us captive, even torments us by its 'ghosts'".

Jeffrey Eisen, Ph.D., author of Oneness Perceived: A Window into Enlightenment
You will be rewarded by an increase in your understanding of yourself and the very process of being human.

Choice, April 2004
This challenging and delightful book is a gem...akin to a zazen session interpreted with language. Recommended.

Book Description
The Ghosts of Consciousness: Thought and the Spiritual Path details an entirely new theory of the micro-dynamics of thinking and self-awareness. At bottom, it outlines a phenomenologically-based structure of the "parts" of any given thought which is so clarifying, and possesses so much explanatory power, that it lends itself to definitions of ten types of thought, understanding how "reflective thoughts" interconnect and create increasingly acute and expansive forms of self-awareness across their development, and to distinctions regarding the phenomenologies of varied experiences of self; all of which is placed within a transpersonal developmental hierarchy. The Ghosts of Consciousness offers a description of thinking which is so fundamental that it fills a mind-boggling void in the fields of psychology and philosophy. It also provides a critically important elaboration on Buddhist and Eastern religious philosophies by clarifying how self-awareness is engendered, as well as its problematic manifestations. Filling a void in Western psychology and philosophy, this book offers specific explanations of how different types of "reflective thoughts" create a sense of self.

About the Author
Herbert S. Demmin is a clinical psychologist now in practice in New Hampshire. He received his doctorate from Texas Tech University. Dr. Demmin's work reflects a new and fundamental theory of the microdynamics of thinking and self-awareness, opening a window in the quest for self-discovery and psychological and spiritual development.


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