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How to think impossibly

about souls, UFOs, time, belief, and everything else

by Jeffrey John Kripal

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Description

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"From precognitive dreams and telepathic visions to near-death experiences, UFO encounters, and beyond, so-called impossible phenomena are not supposed to happen, but do happen all the time. These are the kinds of fantastic experiences that Jeffrey J. Kripal takes up in How to Think Impossibly. The impossible, Kripal asserts, is a function not of reality, but of our present social constructions and subsequent perceptions and cognitions. In other words, we think these events and experiences are impossible, but they are only impossible within our historically constructed frameworks. In How to Think Impossibly, Kripal thinks-with specific individuals and their extraordinary experiences in vulnerable, open, and often humorous ways. These lines of thought interweave the mental and material dimensions of humanistic and scientific inquiry, resulting in a developing awareness in the reader that what we think of as the impossible is not impossible at all"-- "A mind-bending invitation to experience the impossible as fundamentally human. From precognitive dreams and telepathic visions to near-death experiences, UFO encounters, and beyond, so-called impossible phenomena are not supposed to happen. But they do happen--all the time. Jeffrey J. Kripal asserts that the impossible is a function not of reality but of our everchanging assumptions about what is real. How to Think Impossibly invites us to think about these fantastic (yet commonplace) experiences as an essential part of being human, expressive of a deeply shared reality that is neither mental nor material but gives rise to both. Thinking with specific individuals and their extraordinary experiences in vulnerable, open, and often humorous ways, Kripal interweaves humanistic and scientific inquiry to develop an awareness that the fantastic is real, the supernatural is super natural, and the impossible is possible"--

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences, Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Cryptozoology and Forteana, Occultism and esotericism, Parapsychology and psychical research, and UFOs, extraterrestrials, and contact.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “supernatural” in the description.

    • “supernatural”· in description
  • Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences

    Retained metadata contains “near-death” in the description and “Near-death experiences” in the description.

    • “near-death”· in description
    • “Near-death experiences”· in description
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from k10plus matched “Parapsychologie”. Retained metadata contains “Extrasensory perception” in the subject metadata, “Parapsychologie” in the subject metadata, and “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Parapsychologie”· via K10plus Union Catalog
    • “Extrasensory perception”· in subject
    • “Parapsychologie”· in subject
    • “Parapsychology”· in subject
  • UFOs, extraterrestrials, and contact

    Controlled discovery queries from sudoc matched “objets volants non identifiés”. Retained metadata contains “ufo” in the description and “Unidentified flying objects” in the subject metadata.

    • “objets volants non identifiés”· via SUDOC — French university and research library union catalog
    • “ufo”· in description
    • “Unidentified flying objects”· in subject
  • Cryptozoology and Forteana

    Retained metadata contains “Curiosities and wonders” in the subject metadata.

    • “Curiosities and wonders”· in subject
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Retained metadata contains “Consciousness” in the subject metadata, “Metaphysics” in the subject metadata, and “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Consciousness”· in subject
    • “Metaphysics”· in subject
    • “Mysticism”· in subject

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else

1st ed

1 online resource (312 pages); Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources

2024University of Chicago PressEnglish
  • 9780226833699
Catalog record

about souls, UFOs, time, belief, and everything else

SUDOC union-catalog record

1 volume (xiii, 297 pages); 24 cm; Notes bibliographiques. Index; portrait

2024The University of Chicago PressEnglish
  • 9780226833682
  • 0226833682
Catalog record

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sudoc:291143318
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