David Nicol teaches in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also executive director and cofounder of the Gaiafield Project and cofounder of BeThePeace.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Foreword

Introduction

An Ancient Approach, Revisited
Science and Consciousness
Empirical Evidence
Direct "Versus" Subtle Activism
Skepticism
Meaning

1. The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation

The Planetization of Humankind: Teilhard de Chardin
The Integral Earth Community: Thomas Berry
The Re-enchantment of the Cosmos: Richard Tarnas
Summing Up
The Path of Subtle Activism
Broadening the Scope of Activism
Broadening the Scope of Spirituality
Global Meditation and the Evolution of Consciousness

2. Subtle Activism and Spirituality

Shamanism
Yoga, Hinduism, and the Vedic Tradition
Buddhism
Judeo-Christian Tradition
Western Mystery Traditions
Eclectic/Interfaith
Caveats

3. Subtle Activism and Science

Lessons and Metaphors From Quantum Physics
Parapsychology
Distant Healing
Implications of Psi and Distant Healing Research for Subtle Activism
The Maharishi Effect
Field REG Research
Global Consciousness Project
Global Coherence Initiative
Discussion

4. Foundations of Subtle Activism

What is Consciousness?
History of the Scientific Study of Consciousness
Theoretical Perspectives Examined in the Chapter
Maharishi's Theory of Vedic Defense
Sheldrake's Hypothesis of Formative Causation and Theory of Morphic Fields
Bache's Model of Collective Healing by Individuals in Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness
Areas of Overlap and Difference
Parallels in Physics: Bohm's Theory of Holomovement and the Implicate Order
Parallels in Psychology
Parallels in Esoteric Thought
A General Hypothesis of Subtle Activism

5. Subtle Activism and the Emergence of Planetary Consciousness

Definitions and Concepts of Planetary Consciousness
Owning the Shadow
Embracing Difference
Identifying Resistance
Signposts of an Emerging Order
Crossing the Threshold
Subtle Activism and Planetary Consciousness

6. Conclusion

Appendix 1: Subtle Activism Resource List
Appendix 2: Subtle Activism: Science, Magic, or Religion?

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Bibliography
Index