Before Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now"
Before Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's "Flow"
was
William James's "Sciousness"
Sciousness
-- Featuring an expanded version of Jonathan Bricklin's groundbreaking essay "Sciousness and Con-sciousness: William James and the Prime Reality of Non-Dual Experience," first published in the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.
“The last couple of years have seen a resurgence of interest in William James, one of modern psychology’s most widely respected pioneers. ...But nothing has quite highlighted the depth of his thought like Jonathan Bricklin’s Sciousness." —What is Enlightenment?
If Sciousness exemplifies, in both content and design, the quality of their forthcoming books, Eirini Press is positioned for serious success....Jonathan Bricklin has constructed a definitive anthology that conveys completeness and unity in the presentation of William James's nondual expression. ...The book's crown is Bricklin's article, Sciousness and Con-sciousness, which introduces and analyzes James's nondual work, making it readily understandable....There's a sense that James wants to leap from declaring his confidence to declaring the truth that he knows....Sciousness is a superb anthology, the best possible book imaginable for the discovery of the nondual William James.— Jerry Katz, author of One: Essential Writings on Nonduality
This collection is delightful. It brings together important texts from the later life of William James, some of which are not very known, even in academic circles. Jonathan Bricklin's discussion of James is insightful, erudite and illuminating." — Benny Shanon, Professor, Department of Psychology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, holder of the Mandel Chair in Cognition, and author of The Antipodes of the Mind
Forthcoming Titles
Optimism— The Lesson of Ages, by Benjamin Blood. First published in 1860, this is one of the first American treatises on nonduality.
"I have always held the opinion that one of the first duties of a good reader is to summon other readers to the enjoyment of any unknown author of rare quality whom he may discover in his explorations. Now for years my own taste, literary as well as philosophic, has been exquisitely titllated by...Benjamin Paul Blood." — William James
"The infinity of knowledge is the destruction of all Gods but one. Truth is one. Two omniscences melt in one. Two omnipotences melt in one. There can be but one good universal, and good has no difference with itself. And as truth and power forbid a second God, harmony forbids a second independent will." — Benjamin Paul Blood
American Mystics of 19th-century - an anthology. A selection of the writings by Benjamin Paul Blood, Richard Bucke, Louis Michel Eilshemius, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, John Ballou Newbrough, Florence Nightingale, Henry Thomas Butterworth, and Andrew Jacskon Davies.
From Masters to Mortals — Following the Taiji Path to Nonduality, by Denise Meyer
The ancient martial art of taijichuan is often a mystery to its practitioners. Manifestations of qi reveal themselves through startling insights and experiences blurring the distinctions between the physical and the spiritual. Based on interviews with 45 practitioners, including master teachers Maggie Newman, William Chen, Ken Van Sickle, Don Ethan Miller, Rick Barrett, and Stephen Watson; striking stories and patterns emerge, demonstrating how eastern metaphysical principles can be realized through a universally accessible physical practice. These accounts include weird and wondrous tales of responsive bodies, shifts in consciousness, and spontaneous spiritual experiences.