Boulder Physics/Metaphysics Group

Discussions exploring the scientific and spiritual aspects of consciousness.

Meets at 7PM on the second Tuesday of the month at NCAR (at the far west end of Table Mesa Drive in Boulder) in the Damon room. 

For further information contact Mike Page at 303-497-2464 or mike AT mikepage DOT us.

 

(02/20/10 Note: No further meetings are planned for the near future.
If you have suggestions for books for the group to discuss, contact Mike Page.)

 

            All books read or planned to be read by the group since it’s inception:

 

July 2009 - February 2010           Bridge to Unity: Unified Field-Based Science and Spirituality R. W. Boyer

March 2009 - June 2009           Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion Stuart Kauffman

January 2009 - February 2009           Science of Being and Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation Maharishi Mahesh Yoga

 

November 2008 - December 2008  Meditation: The First and Last Freeedom Osho

 

September 2008 - October 2008   How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery Lawrence LeShan

 

July 2008 - August 2008                Dreaming: An Introduction to the Science of Sleep J. A. Hobson

 

June 2008                                        “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” Alan Turing in the October 1950 journal Mind (volume 59, pages 433-460)

 

March 2008 - May 2008                The Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe is Just Right for Life Paul Davies  (the paperback version of this book is called The Goldilocks Enigma)

 

February 2008                                 “Is Consciousness the Unified Field? A Field Theorist’s Perspective”, John Hagelin, Modern Science and Vedic Science, 1, 1987, pp 29-87

 

August 2007 - January 2008           The Emerging Physics of Consciousness Jack A. Tuszynski

 

May 2007 - July 2007                    Approaches to Consciousness: The Marriage of Science and Mysticism Brian Lancaster

 

February 2007 - April 2007            Ways of Knowing: Science and Mysticism Today Chris Clarke

 

October 2006 - January 2007         Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale: Contemporary Theories in Quantum Gravity Craig Callender and Nick Huggett

 

June 2006 - September 2006          An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics: Locality, Fields, Energy and Mass Marc Lange

 

March 2006                                         Synchronicity: The Bridge Between Matter and Mind David Peat

 

January 2006 - April 2006                  Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain Antonio Damasio

 

July 2005 - December 2005               Consciousness: An Introduction Susan Blackmore

 

March 2005 - June 2005                    Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World’s Greatest Physicists Ken Wilber           

 

November 2004 - February 2005       The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe Lynn McTaggart

 

November 2003 - October 2004         Unified Reality Theory: The Evolution of Existence into Experience Steven Kaufman

 

October 2003                                      The Varieties of Religious Experience William James

 

July 2003 - September 2003               Rational Mysticism: Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Englightenment John Horgan

 

March 2003 - June 2003                    Schrödinger’s Kittens and the Search for Reality John Gribbin

 

September 2002 - February 2003       In Search of Divine Reality: Science as a Source of Inspiration Lothar Schafer

 

March 2002 - August 2002                Eye to Eye: The Quest for the New Paradigm Ken Wilber

 

August 2001 - February 2002            The Tao of Physics Fritjof Capra  [The group’s first book.]

 


For one group member's favorites from the above list, see http://www.sackett.net/FavoritesBillMetaphysics.htm.

 

Last updated May 1, 2012.

 

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