Acknowledgments
Foreword by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
Introduction
Part 1: Personal Transformation
1 Relationship: How Are You Connected?
2 Consciousness: Truth or Wisdom?
3 Evolution: Up in Arms about Being Put Down
4 Paradigms: Intention Creating Reality
5 Transformation: Experience Beyond Belief
Part 2: Ways of Knowing
6 Meanings: Clarifying Consciousness
7 Synchronicity-1: Beyond Energy
8 Synchronicity-2: Reality without a Cause
9 Knowing-1: Shafts of Wisdom
10 Knowing-2: Radical Science
11 Knowing-3: Beyond Intuition
12 Grounding: Embodied Meaning
13 Dialogue: Consciousness and Cosmology
Part 3: Collective Wisdom
14 Participation: Engaging Presence
15 Intersubjectivity-1: We Are the World
16 Intersubjectivity-2: Steps Along the Way
17 Origins: Evolution of Consciousness
18 Radical Knowing: The Four Gifts
Epilogue: Cosmos and Communion
Afterword by Linda Kohanov
Appendices
1 What Jung Meant by “Synchronicity”
2 Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity
3 Wilber and de Quincey: I-to-I
4 Integrating Worldviews
5 The Philosopher’s Stone
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Christian de Quincey, Ph.D., is a professor of consciousness studies at John F. Kennedy University; cofounder of The Visionary Edge, committed to transforming global consciousness by transforming mass media; and an international speaker on consciousness, cosmology, and spirituality. He is also the award-winning author of Radical Nature and the coauthor of The Scientific Exploration of Consciousness. He lives in Half Moon Bay, California.
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*Amit Goswami, Ph.D., author of The Self-Aware Universe*
“A better understanding of the nature of consciousness may be the
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well as informative, Radical Knowing offers a surprising, yet
solid, foundation for exploring the alchemy of relationships. This
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and challenges of being in relationship.”
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“Animals naturally do what Christian de Quincey recommends we
humans do: forge an unobstructed dialogue between the mind and the
heart, and ‘feel our thinking.’ We are not alone; we are part of an
infinite web of relationships. In cultivating the art of
relationship, we reunite mind and heart, becoming conscious
collaborators with the mysteries that stir within us, around us,
and beyond us. In Radical Knowing, de Quincey shows us how it is
ultimately through conscious, consensual relationships that we mine
the depths of what it means to be a human tuner and receiver for a
much vaster intelligence, ultimately fulfilling our destiny: that
of ‘giving voice to the cosmos.’”
*Linda Kohanov, author of The Tao of Equus and Riding between the
Worlds: Expanding Our Potential thr*
“When it comes to the subject of consciousness, Christian de
Quincey is like a dragon on fire. His evocative, lively, and
remarkably engaging prose is a bracing antidote to the glum
academicism of most philosophical writing. With new and penetrating
insights into ever-topical and pesky questions, de Quincey invites
us to feel our way into consciousness in ways that transform the
reader. The split between inner and outer knowing is healed, and we
are awakened to the sky-high possibilities of enlightenment as a
manifestation of universal mind. This book alters energy patterns
and installs new microchips into the philosopher’s stone.”
*Suzi Gablik, author of Has Modernism Failed? and Living the
Magical Life*
“If interconnectivity is an inherent feature of life, as both
ancient wisdom and postmodern science suggest, then relationships
are primary to the human experience, not secondary additions to
‘our lives.’ Starting here, Radical Knowing takes the reader on a
provocative journey beyond the boundaries of traditional
philosophy. Expect reversals of perspective, innovative
formulations, and, most importantly, opportunities to experience
anew the integral fabric of consciousness.”
*Chris M. Bache, Ph.D., author of Dark Night, Early Dawn*
“In this wonderful new book Christian de Quincey shares personal
experiences to reveal the central importance of consciousness in
our relationships. Consciousness isn’t simply a lonely, isolating
subjectivity. In all its multi-faceted majesty, consciousness is
shared, like the precious air we breath. Relationships naturally
begin and exist within our shared consciousness--and de Quincey
teaches us to use our relationships for exploration and
understanding of consciousness itself.”
*Obadiah Harris, president of the University of Philosophical
Research and Philosophical Research Soc*
“Radical Knowing deals with one of the most important, and
neglected, subjects: how we know what we know. Christian de Quincey
writes in joyfully simple language and thinks through complicated
questions with great clarity. As soon as I heard about this book it
went straight to the top of my must-read pile.”
*Jeremy Narby, Ph.D., anthropologist and author of The Cosmic
Serpent and Intelligence in Nature*
“Christian de Quincey takes us right to the metaphysical heart of
relationship, and, in doing so, pushes back the frontiers of
consciousness.”
*Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., author of Conscious Loving and Lasting
Love*
". . . opens the way for a new kind of science that honors wisdon
as much as truth."
*Michael Toms, cofounder of New Dimensions World Broadcasting
Network*
"Mr. de Quincey, who is co-founder of The Visionary Edge, is quite
familiar with the mind-brain-consciousness connection. His
pioneering work in the area of transforming global consciousness by
transforming mass media has led to very interesting observations
particularly in relation to the dynamics of what is termed
"inter-subjectivity" and its effects on the social order. Many of
the subjects dealt with in this book will resonate with both
students of esoterism and those working within the various fields
of scientific endeavor."
*The Beacon, Mar-Apr 2006*
"Interested readers will find a refreshing approach to familiar
elements that can stimulate their own thought and further their
understanding of consciousness to day."
*Lyle Bridgers. Ph.D., Shift, June-Aug 2006*
"Understanding our consciousness through our relationships could
very well be the key to unlocking our potential for higher
consciousness and spiritual evolution."
*Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide, Feb 2007*
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