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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Note to the Reader
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
THE GOLDEN AGE
THE FALL OF MANKIND
TWO PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 1: Two Sides to Everything
THE DOUBLE BRAIN
HANDEDNESS
ACCESSING THE RIGHT BRAIN
IS HANDEDNESS HELPFUL?
SLEEP
HIDDEN POTENTIAL
TELEPATHY
THE MANCHESTER TRIAL
A NEW HYPOTHESIS
Chapter 2: From the Forest
HUMAN EVOLUTION
JUVENILITY AND BIPEDALISM
HAIRLESSNESS AND VITAMIN D
BIG BRAINS
CAST OUT OF THE GARDEN
AGGRESSION
WHY DID OUR BRAINS STOP EXPANDING?
ANCESTRAL DIETS
HUMANS ARE BY NATURE FRUGIVOROUS
PROTEIN, FATTY ACIDS, AND WATER
SUMMARY
Chapter 3: Figs, Steroids, and Feedback Loops
THE CORE HYPOTHESIS
A NEW THEORY OF INHERITANCE
CHEMICALS IN PLANTS
THE FIRST PRIMATES
A CHANGE IN DIET AND AN INCREASE IN BRAIN SIZE
THE PINEAL AND EXPONENTIAL BRAIN EXPANSION
SURVIVING ON THE SAVANNA
DIVIDE AND RULE
THE IMPLICATIONS OF AGRICULTURE
JUNK FOOD AND DEGENERATION
SUMMARY
Chapter 4: Steroid Hormones: Immunity, Digestion, and the “Second Brain”
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
THE THYMUS GLAND
A SECOND BRAIN
SUMMARY
Chapter 5: Fertility and Function
HUMAN FERTILITY
THE ANCESTRAL PERIOD
THE PERIOD OF STEROID INHIBITION
FLAVONOIDS AND THE FEMALE CYCLE
THE LOST CONNECTION BETWEEN OVULATION AND ORGASM
MALES, DIET, AND LIBIDO
THE FALL
HAIRY WOMEN AND BALD MEN
SEROTONIN, TESTOSTERONE, DEPRESSION, AND MURDER
TESTOSTERONE, SOCIETY, AND CONSCIOUSNESS
MELATONIN, THE PINEAL, AND SEX
SUMMARY
Chapter 6: Consciousness and the Mechanisms of the Mind
THE BICAMERAL MIND
LET’S SING ABOUT IT
THE WRITTEN WORD AND CEREBRAL DOMINANCE
HEMISPHERECTOMY
SCHIZOPHRENIA
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER
THE INTERNAL LIAR
HYPNOSIS
THE PROBLEM WITH WORDS
CONFABULATION
DEEPER INTO FEAR
HIGHER FUNCTION
SUMMARY
Chapter 7: Drugs, the Brain, and Peak Experiences
SEX, DRUGS, AND TANTRIC TABOOS
DMT, THE PINEAL, AND SPIRIT
ECSTASY AND EMPATHY
SUPERMAN AND SUPERWOMAN
Chapter 8: Mad Hatters and Maverick Scientists
TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION
WEAK ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
OTHER RESEARCH AREAS
RESTORATION
Afterword
Footnotes
Recommended Reading
References
About the Authors
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
Index
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