The Flip by Jeffrey J. Kripal - ISBN: 9780141992563
Paperback
Consciousness is fundamental: Flip your understanding of the cosmos, and yourself.

The Flip

Who You Really Are and Why It Matters

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    28 May 2020

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Summary

A visionary new worldview of the cosmos, human consciousness, and their intimate connection, by a prominent Professor of Religion.

Why do we know so much more about the cosmos than our own consciousness? Are there limits to the scientific method? Why do we assume that only science, mathematics, and technology reveal truth?

The Flip shows us what happens when we realize that consciousness is fundamental to the cosmos and not some random evolutionary accident or surface…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141992563
ISBN-10:0141992565
Author:Jeffrey J. Kripal
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:28 May 2020
Weight:179g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 15mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

One of the most provocative new books of the year, and, for me, mindblowing

One of the most provocative new books of the year, and, for me, mindblowing – Michael Pollan
Wonderfully rich… . Reading this book is an embodied experience; it is yoga for the mind. The Flip is an important book that deserves a broad readership both inside and outside the academy * Reading Religion *
[The Flip] will ignite conversations about the limits of science and the potential for dramatic shifts in perspective * Publishers Weekly *
[Kripal offers] a genuinely hopeful vision of what we yet could be in the mirror of what we have been – Deepak Chopra
Kripal makes many sympathetic points about the present spiritual state of America… . [He] continues to believe that spirituality and science should not contradict each other, and that the Cartesian split between mind and body can be transcended * New York Times Book Review *
[His] work will likely become more and more relevant to more and more areas of inquiry as the century unfolds. It may even open up a new space for Americans to reevaluate the personal and cultural narratives they have inherited, and to imagine alternative futures. * Los Angeles Review of Books *

About The Author

Jeffrey J. Kripal

Jeffrey J. Kripal is the Associate Dean of Humanities and holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University and is the associate director of the Center for Theory and Research at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. He has previously taught at Harvard Divinity School and Westminster College and is the author of eight books, including The Flip. He lives in Houston, Texas.

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