Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind .Richard Maurice Bucke - Softcover

Maurice Bucke, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1535081562 ISBN 13: 9781535081566

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Richard Maurice Bucke (18 March 1837 – 19 February 1902), often called Maurice Bucke, was a prominent Canadian psychiatrist in the late 19th century. An adventurer during his youth, Bucke later studied medicine. Eventually, as a psychiatrist, he headed the provincial Asylum for the Insane in London, Ontario. Bucke was a friend of several noted men of letters in Canada, the United States, and England. Besides publishing professional articles, Bucke wrote three books: Man's Moral Nature, Walt Whitman, and Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind, which is his best-known work.

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Book Description:

Bucke's account (1901) of his research and contemplation on the trend towards heightened intellectual awareness in man, through evolution, explaining his theory of the three stages of conscious development that culminate in flashes of understanding of the life and order of the cosmos, illustrated by his own and others' experiences.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1535081562
• ISBN 13: 9781535081566
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320