Endnotes
Chapter 2: Worlds of Space
1. “The Fourth Dimension” in A New Model of the Universe, p. 86.
2. Life After Life, p. 26.
3. Adventures in Immortality, p. 200.
4. Ibid., p. 31.
5. Life at Death, p. 255.
6. Fabric of the Universe, p. 43.
7. Dimensions, p. 241.
8. Revelations, p. 259.
9. Forbidden Science, p. 421.
10. Abduction, p. 404.
11. Ibid., p. 32.
12. Ibid., p. 393.
13. The Watchers, p. 198.
14. Ibid., p. 183.
15. Abduction, p. 250.
16. Ibid., p. 224.
17. “In the Labor Prophet,” as cited in R. M. Bucke's Cosmic Consciousness, p. 249.
18. Tertium Organum, p. 48.
19. Creative Meditation and Multi-Dimensional Consciousness, p. 116.
20. A near-death experience, from Kenneth Ring, Life at Death, p. 245.
21. A mystical experience, Hiroshi Motoyama, “Theories of the Chakras,” as cited in Kenneth Ring, Heading Toward Omega, p. 233.
22. From Michael B. Sabom, Recollections of Death, p. 15.
23. Lin Yutang (editor), The Wisdom of Laotse, p. 101.
24. Homer's Odyssey.
25. The Republic of Plato, pp. 209–12.
Chapter 3: Levels of Consciousness
1. Rene Descartes (1596–1650).
2. R. M. Bucke, Cosmic Consciousness, pp. 9–10.
3. Ibid., p. 73.
4. Ibid., p. 11.
5. Ibid., pp. 13–4.
6. Ibid., p. 94.
7. Ibid., pp. 245–6.
8. As cited in Irving Oyle, Time, Space, and the Mind, p. 50.
9. Cosmic Consciousness, p. 26.
10. From E. A. Burtt, The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha, p. 194.
11. The Synthesis of Yoga, p. 989.
12. As cited in Tertium Organum, p. 280.
13. As cited in Stephen Mitchell, The Enlightened Mind, p. 48.
14. Svetasvatara Upanishad, the Upanishads, p. 127.
15. Bhagavad-Gita, p. 122.
16. The Enlightened Mind, p. 51.
17. As cited in I. K. Taimni, The Science of Yoga, p. 211.
18. Creative Meditation and Multi-Dimensional Consciousness, p. 271.
19. Ibid., p. 287.
20. Tertium Organum, pp. 37, 71.
21. Cosmic Consciousness, p. 73.
22. Ibid., p. 17.
23. Surah III:1, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran.
24. The First Epistle of John, 1:1–3.
Chapter 4: What Time Appears to Be, and What It Really Is
1. As cited in Time Machines, p. 65.
2. Ibid., p. 214.
3. As cited in The Art of Time, p. 134.
4. Kaivalya Upanishad, the Upanishads, p. 115.
5. From his “Summa Theologiae,” cited in Time Machines, p. 112.
6. In “From Adam's Peak to Elephanta,” as cited in Cosmic Consciousness, p. 242.
7. Ibid., p. 192.
8. As cited in Tertium Organum, p. 279.
9. Tao Te Ching, p. 51.
10. From Michael Talbot's The Holographic Universe, p. 249.
11. Vital Signs, a quarterly digest of news for the membership of the International Association for Near Death Studies (December 1981): 12.
12. As cited in Time's Arrows, p. 123.
13. As cited in Nick Herbert, Faster than Light, p. 191.
14. From a personal letter written in 1955, cited in Larry Dossey, M.D., Space, Time, and Medicine, Shambhala Press, Boulder, Colo., London, 1982, p. 157.
15. From a conversation with Rudolph Carnap at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, cited in Time Machines, p. 141.
16. The Synthesis of Yoga, p. 854.
17. Life After Life, p. 69.
18. Ibid., pp. 133–4.
19. Bhagavad-Gita, p. 92.
20. Svetasvatara Upanishad, the Upanishads, p. 123.
21. From Kenneth Ring, The Omega Project, p. 96.
22. Life at Death, p. 239.
23. Ibid., p. 56.
24. Wholeness and the Implicate Order, p. 169.
25. Ibid., p. 42.
26. In Ganga Sahai, Metaphysical Approach to Reality, pp. 50–1.
27. The Science of Yoga, p. 314.
28. In Time Machines, p. 103.
29. From Mally Cox-Chapman, The Case for Heaven, p. 172.
30. Creative Meditation and Multi-Dimensional Consciousness, p. 286.
31. Ibid., pp. 259–60.
32. Ibid., p. 199.
33. On Indian Mahayana Buddhism, pp. 148–9.
34. Heading Toward Omega, p. 82.
35. Ibid., p. 39.
Chapter 5: The Mystical Experience: Dawn of a New Species
1. Mark 1:10.
2. John 18:36–7.
3. Luke 17:21.
4. Surah XXV:25.
5. Surah II:268.
6. Surah XX: 110.
7. Surah III:185.
8. Svetasvatara Upanishad, the Upanishads, p. 127.
9. The Enlightened Mind, Stephen Mitchell's excellent compilation of mystical/religious essays, pp. 48–9.
10. Ibid., p. 56.
11. Creative Meditation and Multi-Dimensional Consciousness, p. 270.
12. In J. Kennett, Selling Water by the River, p. 140.
13. The Synthesis of Yoga, p. 857.
14. Ibid., p. 853.
15. 2 Corinthians 4:17–8.
16. Revelation 1:18.
17. Peter 3:8–9.
18. From “Compendium Theologiae,” as cited in Time Machines, p.103.
19. The Enlightened Mind, p. 24.
20. As cited in Mysticism, p. 116.
21. Bhagavad-Gita, p. 111.
22. Tao Te Ching, p. 32.
23. The Enlightened Mind, p. 48.
24. Ibid., p. 80.
25. Ibid., p. 68.
26. The Synthesis of Yoga, p. 107.
27. Ephesians 4:6.
28. Romans 12:4–6.
29. Tao Te Ching, p. 1.
30. Surah XXIX:64.
31. Colossians 3:34.
32. John 14:6.
33. Matthew 23:13.
34. The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha, p. 38.
35. Cosmic Consciousness, p. 3.
36. The Enlightened Mind, xiii.
37. As cited in Roger Walsh, The Spirit of Shamanism, p. 141.
38. Luke 17:20.
39. Matthew 25:13.
40. Surah VII: 187.
41. Tao Te Ching, p. 73.
42. The Kingdom of God Is within You, p. 61.
43. Cosmic Consciousness, p. 5.
44. The Enlightened Mind, p. 114.
45. The Biological Basis of Religion and Genius, p. 12.
46. Matthew 12:2.
47. Luke 9:29–30.
48. The Biological Basis of Religion and Genius, p. 13.
49. Peter 3:12.
50. John 1:5.
51. Bhagavad-Gita, p. 92.
52. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the Upanishads, p. 84.
53. Prasna Upanishad, the Upanishads, pp. 35–6.
54. Tao Te Ching, p. 10.
55. Surah XXIV:35.
56. Surah XXXII:20.
57. The Secret of Yoga, p. 89.
58. 2 Corinthians 12:4.
59. 2 Corinthians 5:17.
60. 1 Corinthians 1:20.
61. Ephesians 3:18–9.
62. Katha Upanishad, the Upanishads, p. 17.
63. The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha, p. 56.
64. The Secret of Yoga, p. 34.
65. Colossians 3:2–3.
66. Romans 12:2.
67. 1 Corinthians 2:14.
68. Matthew 19:23–5.
69. Surah CII:l.
70. “Dhammapada,” in Vol. X of Sacred Books of the East, translated and edited by F. Max Mueller, The Clarendon Press, Oxford, in forty-eight volumes, 1879–1885, as cited in Cosmic Consciousness, pp. 95–6.
71. Ibid., p. 261.
72. Matthew 13:44.
73. As cited in Mysticism, p. 235.
74. As cited in The Enlightened Mind, p. 169.
75. From Auguries of Innocence.
76. Cosmic Consciousness, p. 381.
77. The Biological Basis of Religion and Genius, p. 112.
78. Abduction, pp. 3–4.
79. As quoted in C. D. B. Bryan, Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind, p.420.
Chapter 6: Psychic Phenomena
1. As cited in S. Ostrander and L. Schroeder, Psychic Discoveries behind the Iron Curtain, p. 165.
2. Cosmic Consciousness, p. 367.
3. The Science of Yoga, p. 181.
4. Ibid., p. 195.
5. 1 Corinthians 12:8–11.
6. Surah XX:98.
7. John 2:25.
8. From Louisa Rhine, ESP in Life and Lab, pp. 215–6.
9. Ibid., pp. 54–5.
10. The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, p. 217.
11. Bhagavad-Gita, p. 79.
12. ESP in Life and Lab, p. 70.
13. Ibid., p. 10.
14. S. Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga, p. 864.
15. A mystical experience from the Old Testament, Wisdom 7:18.
16. As cited in Martin Ebon, Prophecy in Our Time, pp. 211–2.
17. ESP in Life and Lab, p. 3.
18. 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3.
19. Tao Te Ching, p. 14.
20. Ibid., pp. 156–7.
21. ESP in Life and Lab, pp. 266, 259.
22. Ibid., p. 377.
23. As cited in Prophecy in Our Time, pp. 165–6.
24. From “Synchronicity,” in The Interpretation of Nature and the Psyche.
25. Ibid., p. 27.
26. Ibid., p. 5.
27. Ibid., p. 38.
28. Ibid., p. 300.
29. Kena Upanishad, 3, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads.
30. Tao Te Ching, p. 14.
31. Matthew 13:13–4.
32. Extra-Sensory Perception, p. 220.
33. Ibid., p. 223.
34. Ibid., pp. 18–9.
35. The Science of Yoga, p. 355.
36. The Enlightened Mind, p. 93.
37. Ibid., p. 73.
38. The Poltergeist, p. 74.
39. Hans Bender's poltergeist investigations were given in his presidential address to the Parapsychological Association, “New Development in Poltergeist Research,” contained in Proceedings of the Parapsychological Association, 5, 1968, pp. 29–38. As cited in The Poltergeist Experience, p. 126.
40. Ibid., pp. 129–30.
41. From the Journal of the Society for Psychological Research, XII:260–266.
42. As cited in Mysticism, p. 61.
43. Matthew 11:5.
Chapter 7: UFOs and Abductions
1. The UFO Experience, p. 139.
2. American Weekly, October 24, 1954.
3. A well known document in UFO circles and now a matter of public record.
4. Acting secretary of the Air Force, Robert C. Seaman, Jr., at a press conference on December 17, 1969.
5. The UFO Experience, p. 232.
6. From an interview for Fate magazine, June 1976, p. 180.
7. From an interview for Today's Student, April 3, 1978.
8. The UFO Experience, p. 234.
9. The Hynek UFO Report, p. 27.
10. Confrontations, p. 99.
11. Revelations, p. 259.
12. Forbidden Science, p. 421.
13. Ibid., p. 253.
14. Ibid., p. 100.
15. Intruders, p. 149.
16. Revelations, p. 251.
17. House Report No. 242, “Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs,” 1961, p. 225.
18. In “Hypnosis and UFO Abductions: A Troubled Relationship,” Journal of UFO Studies, n.s. 1, 1989, pp. 3–40.
19. In “Abductions in Life and Lore,” International UFO Reporter, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1987, p. 14.
20. In Selected Articles: A Collection of Articles on the UFO Abduction Phenomenon, p. 8.
21. Abduction, p. 39.
22. The Watchers, pp. 183, 198.
23. Abduction, p. 404.
24. Ibid., pp. 250, 257.
25. Ibid., p. 261.
26. The Allagash Abductions, p. 236.
27. The Andreasson Affair, p. 144.
28. The Watchers, p. 147.
29. Ibid., p. 58.
30. In April, 1994, at Bristol Community College, Fall River, Mass.
31. Abduction, p. 250.
32. Ibid., p. 224.
33. The Andreasson Affair, p. 86.
34. The Allagash Abductions, pp. 206–7.
35. Missing Time, p. 68.
36. Abduction, p. 158.
37. Secret Life, p. 220.
38. The Andreasson Affair, pp. 23, 33.
39. The Watchers, p. 148.
40. Secret Life, p. 208.
41. The Allagash Abductions, p. 172.
42. Abduction, p. 184.
43. The Allagash Abductions, p. 169.
44. Missing Time, p. 196.
45. The Andreasson Affair, p. 26.
46. From John G. Fuller, The Interrupted Journey, NewYork: Dial Press, 1966. As cited in The Andreasson Affair, p. 177.
47. Missing Time, p. 59.
48. The Watchers, p. 121.
49. The Andreasson Affair, p. 143.
50. The Andreasson Affair, Phase Two, p. 195.
51. Abduction, p. 250.
52. Ibid., pp. 316–7.
53. The Watchers, pp. 185, 209, 345.
54. The Andreasson Affair, p. 159.
55. Ibid., p. 143.
56. On Stolen Time, p. 12.
57. Secret Life, p. 197.
58. The Allagash Abductions, p. 336.
59. Abduction, p. 49.
60. Ibid., pp. 408–9.
61. On Stolen Time, p. 25.
62. The Watchers, pp. 25, 49.
63. Abduction, p. 186.
64. Secret Life, p. 158.
65. Abduction, p. 135.
66. Ibid., p. 135.
67. The Andreasson Affair, p. 121.
68. The Watchers, p. 203.
69. Secret Life, p. 148.
70. Ibid., p. 136.
71. Abduction, p. 40.
72. Kenneth Ring, The Omega Project, p. 181.
73. Ibid., pp. 282–4.
74. The Watchers, pp.201, 347.
75. The Andreasson Affair, p. 121.
76. Ibid., p. 158.
77. Abduction, p. 226.
78. Ibid., p. 329.
79. The Omega Project, p. 188.
80. Abduction, p. 403.
81. Ibid., p. 238.
82. The Omega Project, p. 182.
83. Abduction, p. 225.
84. Secret Life, p. 147.
85. The Andreasson Affair, pp. 140–1.
86. Abduction, p. 422.
87. Ibid., p. 3–4.
88. The Watchers, p. 200.
89. The Omega Project, p. 129.
90. Secret Life, p.135.
91. Abduction, p. 308.
92. Ibid., p. 329.
93. Ibid., p. 311.
94. Intruders, pp. 263–5.
95. Secret Life, pp. 184–5.
96. Abduction, p. 422.
97. The Watchers, pp. 212–3.
98. Selected Articles: A Collection of Articles on the UFO Abduction Phenomenon, p. 8.
99. Abduction, pp. 306–10.
100. The Omega Project, p. 188.
101. Secret Life, pp. 312–3.
Chapter 8: Life after Death
1. Recollections of Death, p. 16.
2. Life at Death, p. 83.
3. Recollections of Death, p. 165.
4. Ibid., p. 165.
5. Ibid., p. 180.
6. The Light Beyond, pp. 50–1.
7. Life After Life, p. 97.
8. Ibid., p. 96.
9. The Light Beyond, p. 151.
10. Life After Life, p. 182.
11. Life at Death, p. 219.
12. John 1:51.
13. Surah XXII:55.
14. The Herb Schirmer case. Cited by Coral and Jim Lorenzen in Abducted.
15. Abduction, p. 397. Inset: “Home—an inexpressibly beautiful realm beyond, or not in, space/time as we know it.” p. 48.
16. Green, Out-of-the-Body Experiences, p. 108.
17. Life at Death, p. 221.
18. Out-of-the-Body Experiences, p. 81.
19. Ibid., p. 119.
20. Ibid., p. 78.
21. Ibid., p. 77.
22. Ibid., p. 79.
23. Ibid., p. 93.
24. Ibid., p. 92.
25. Life at Death, p. 48.
26. The Light Beyond, pp. 92–3.
27. Life at Death, p. 49.
28. Ibid.
29. Life After Life, p. 24.
30. Recollections of Death, p. 41.
31. Ibid.
32. Life at Death, p. 94.
33. Recollections of Death, p. 40.
34. Ibid.
35. Heading Toward Omega, p. 57.
36. John 6:46.
37. Life at Death, p. 240.
38. Heading Toward Omega, pp. 228–9.
39. A near-death experience. Ibid., p. 66.
40. A mystical experience. Ibid., p. 220.
41. A near-death experience. The Light Beyond, p. 34.
42. An abduction experience. Abduction, p. 173.
43. Mysteries of the Inner Self, p. 83.
44. Heading Toward Omega, p. 64.
45. The Case for Heaven, p. 165.
46. Closer to the Light, p. 110.
47. The Case for Heaven, p. 100.
48. Heading Toward Omega, p. 62.
49. Life at Death, p. 97.
50. Reflections on Life After Life, p. 94.
51. Transformed by the Light, p. 75.
52. From Carl Jung's account of his near-death experience. Cited in Life at Death, p. 245.
53. The Light Beyond, p. 14.
54. Heading Toward Omega, p. 60.
55. Ibid., pp. 65–6.
56. The Watchers, p. 333.
57. Ibid., p. 345.
58. Heading Toward Omega, p. 199.
59. Ibid., p. 63.
60. Ibid., pp. 64–5.
61. Ibid., p. 54.
62. Ibid., p. 60.
63. Bhagavad-Gita, p. 75.
64. Creative Meditation and Multi-Dimensional Consciousness, p. 189.
65. Heading Toward Omega, p. 99.
66. Life at Death, p. 165.
67. Matthew 25:41.
68. Romans 8:12–3.
69. 1 Corinthians 3:13–4.
70. Heaven and Hell, p. 134.
71. The Omega Project, p. 146.
72. Life at Death, p. 184.
73. Adventures in Immortality, p. 83.
74. Life After Life, p. 93.
75. Transformed by the Light, p. 12.
76. Life at Death, p. 85.
77. Ibid., p. 85.
78. Ibid., p. 143.
79. Ibid., p. 151.
Chapter 9: Extra-Dimensional Theory and the New Physics
1. The Tao of Physics, p. 17.
2. Ibid., p. 138.
3. Ibid., pp. 193–4.
4. Ibid., p. 194.
5. Ibid., p. 149.
6. Ibid., p. 114.
7. Cosmic Consciousness, p. 74.
8. The Biological Basis of Religion and Genius, p. 100.
9. Time Journeys, p. 129.
10. Other Worlds, pp. 11–2.
11. Wholeness and the Implicate Order, p. 186.
12. Bhagavad-Gita, p. 103.
13. “Quantum Mechanics and Reality,” in The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Edited by B. S. DeWitt and N. Graham, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1973. Time Machines, p. 273.
14. “Frontiers of Time,” in Problems in the Foundation of Physics. Edited by G. T. diFrancia. Proceedings of the International School of Physics. Course 72. New York: North-Holland, 1979. Time Machines, p. 274.
15. “Quantum Mechanics for Cosmologists,” “On the Einstein-Podelsky-Rosen Paradox,” and “Bertlmann's Socks and the Nature of Reality.” In Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Time Machines, p. 201.