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10 reviews
Robert Ornstein, James Burke

Tarcher, 1997

5 stars IF you are ready to change the way you think.
If you are ready to pay attention, and I mean really pay attention, The Axemaker's Gift will alter your perception of the world --- specifically humankind's relationship to the natural world --- forever. In the relatively few pages of this book, James Burke and Robert Ornstein take us on a journey from humankind's beginning to present day, maintaining all along the way their metaphor of the ...

The Amazing Brain

4 reviews
Robert Ornstein, Richard Thompson

Houghton Mifflin, 1991

The brain is like an ancient house with modern additions.
The most striking aspect of the authors'work is the magnificent way in which the various layers of the brain/consciousness are paired with the drawings evoking our ancient evolutionary history. Rather than a modern suburban house built on a scraped lot, the brain is portrayed as a ruin with succeeding layers built on top of each other. I believe the book succeeds in conveying a sense of ...

New World New Mind: Moving Toward Conscious Evolution

3 reviews
Robert E. Ornstein, Paul Ehrlich

Malor Books, 2000

From 1989, Not Updated, Superb Never-the-Less
EDIT 20 Dec 07 to add links. This superb book was published in 1989 and is being reissued, and I am very glad it has come out again. I bought it because it was recommended by Tom Atlee, seer of the Co-Intelligence Institute, and I found it very worthwhile. As I reflect on the book, I appreciate two key points from the book: 1) The evolution of our brains and our ability to sense ...

Healthy Pleasures

8 reviews
Robert E. Ornstein, David Sobel

Da Capo Press, 1990

A truly healing book
This might be my favorite mind/body book. Through scientific research, it proves that pleasure is good for you, purpose, meaning, fun and laughter are good for you. In other words, the better your life, the better your health is likely to be. And the harder your life, the more health problems you are likely to have. This is a profoundly healing message. It tells us not to be hard on ...

The Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Handbook

5 reviews
David Sobel, Robert Ornstein

Time-Life Books, 1997

absolute best book i have ever read
This book is awesome, It mentions great ways to reframe our toxic way of thinking in an optimistic approach. I would love to teach this material in a class because it affects all of us 100%. The concepts and ideas are staggering and if we apply these principles to our daily lives we are going to live longer and more productive lives as well as reduce depression, hostility and divorce. If you ...

MindReal: How the Mind Creates its Own Virtual Reality

2 reviews
Robert Ornstein

Malor Books, 2008

Virtually four thumbs up!!!!
Dr. Ornstein's books such as The Healing Brain are always mind blowing. The Evolution of Consciousness is probably the one I talk to people the most about, and in a way MindReal is the ultimate sequel. It gives example after example of how our mind can generate perceptual distortions, how in many ways it can be ill suited for the modern world, and then several solutions and hope filled ...

The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries About How the Brain Keeps Us Healthy

3 reviews
Robert Ornstein, David Sobel

Malor Books, 1999

First Rate;Speculative,Positive, and Reflective:
I bought this book for the sake of research without a referal.Not only was it a wealth of facts, its operational premise, which could be stated as "the brain studying the brain" has to be both medicinal and evolutionary. I have had great insight and fun with the observations of lizard brain versus mammalian brain. Neural, social, enviromental,anthropological,modern, ancient,philosophic, ...

The Right Mind: Making Sense of the Hemispheres

11 reviews
Robert Ornstein

Harcourt, 1997

Fascinating and fun
Ornstein's early writings on right brain/left brain differences led to a veritable explosion of research and writing on the subject. In this book he's written an excellent summary of the current state of our understanding: although it's clear that the halves of the brain have different areas of specialization, he emphasizes strongly that they need to work together to enable us to function ...

Evolution of Consciousness: The Origins of the Way We Think

8 reviews
Robert Ornstein

Simon & Schuster, 1992

Evolution of consciousness...and, maybe, conscious evolution
Trying to do scientific reading on consciousness studies can often be as pleasant as pulling teeth, the stuff of nightmares for those who are not biology majors. For all those interested in the subject but yearn for an authoritative scientist who speaks layman's English, this book is for you. Dr. Ornstein was one of the groundbreaking researchers in hemispherical differences in brain functioning ...

Multimind: A New Way of Looking at Human Behavior

1 review
Robert E. Ornstein

Ishk, 2003

Did you think your mind is single ?
Ornstein here provides in this concise book arguments in favour of the multi-faceted working of the mind. If something can be called "mind", then it must be realized that several minds (functions) work throughout the brain. There is no single entity that can be called the "mind" as several processes work in parallel and contend for a higher-layer, call it consciousness, soul or whatever. Using ...

The Axemaker's Gift: A Double -Edged History of Human Culture/Cassettes

7 reviews
James Burke, Robert Ornstein

Audio Renaissance, 1995

Axemakers Gift audio
Axemakers Gift is the world's best kept open secret. Very enjoyable sound on only two cassettes is multiply distilled encyclopedic overview of the most significant and interesting things that have happened in the entire history of the world. Each world-changing phenomenon leads naturally to the next and shows their possibly hopeful implications for the future If I had my life to live over I ...

Mind & Body Health Handbook: How to Use Your Mind & Body to Relieve Stress, Overcome Illness, and Enjoy ...

1 review
David S., M.D. Sobel, Robert E. Ornstein

D R X, 1998

Mind & Body Health Handbook
item received in condition specified, has been helpful, have been able to apply suggestions regarding mental health

The Psychology of Consciousness (Arkana)

6 reviews
Robert E. Ornstein

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996

Broad perspective on consciousness
Contrary to purely psychology-centered books that miss a lot of the non-behavioral aspects of consciousness and to "spiritual" ones that explain everything based on one point of view, this one discuss both sides of the story. Consciousness is not just about the brain, or thoughts, or some spiritual way of seeing life, but it emcompasses everything, what we are and what we live. Ornstein shows ...

Re-Visions of Shakespeare: Essays in Honor of Robert Ornstein

3 reviews

University of Delaware Press, 2004

A tribute of one of the most prominent Shakespeareans
Re-Visions Of Shakespeare: Essays In Honor Of Robert Ornstein is an anthology in tribute of one of the most prominent Shakespeareans of the latter half of the twentieth century, Robert Ornstein. Ornstein was a past president of the Shakespeare Association of America; his more notable published works include "The Moral Vision of Jacobean Tragedy" and "A Kingdom for a Stage". The essays provided by ...

The Amazing Brain
Robert Ornstein, Richard F. Thompson

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984

Synopsis Beginning with the simplest view of brain anatomy and operations and using the latest research available, Ornstein and Thomoson give the reader both an actual and a metaphorical picture of the human brain. Annotation The text is enhanced by the wonderfully detailed illustrations of David Macaulay that take us into the surreal landscape of the interior of the brain.

The Roots of the Self: Unraveling the Mystery of Who We Are

3 reviews
Robert Ornstein

Octagon Press, Limited, 1995

Good starting point for beginning self-actualizers...
This is a good starting point for people who are beginning to ask why... Why do I feel the way I do, why do I think the way I do, and why do I do the things I do? It isn't all random, and the more we can learn about how we are wired, the more effective we can be in all of our relationships. Reading this book led me to many other simmilar treatises of the same genre (most notably Wilson's ...

Multimind/a New Way of Looking at Human Behavior

1 review
Robert E. Ornstein

Houghton Mifflin (T), 1986

"Multimind" -- a look at what we is!
"Multimind," Robert Ornstein, MA, Houghton Mifflen Co., 1986 ISBN 0-395-41107-6, HC 192 pgs, plus Note-Comments 8 pg., Ref. 4 pg., 8 1/2" x 5 3/4". With 10 prior writings on consciousness, experience & the brain, Prof. Ornstein (Human Biol.) of Stanford presents us with his hypothesis of how the human brain/mind appears to be composed of multiple modules each of which may function apart or in ...

On the Psychology of Meditation (An Esalen book)

1 review
Robert E. Ornstein, Claudio Naranjo

Viking Adult, 1971

Three paths to nirvana
An incredible book analysing the more scientific aspects of meditation. Discusses the underlying basis of meditation from the viewpoint of three major religeons of the world. An insightful and exceptionally thought provoking book. Inpires a desire to delve into deeper realms. I currently share a very old and dog-eared copy with my family and am looking for a new one. Please e-mail me if ...

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