The chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) turns a critical eye toward such practices as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and psychokinesis. Are such powers really possible? Science says yes.
DEAN RADIN, Ph.D., is a senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and adjunct faculty in the department of psychology at Sonoma State University. For over two decades he has been engaged in consciousness research. Before joining the research staff at IONS in 2001, he held appointments at Princeton University and several Silicon Valley think tanks, including Interval Research Corporation and SRI International, where he worked on a classified program investigating psychic phenomena for the U.S. government.
"A thought-provoking book. The author makes a convincing case for
the reality and significance of magic." -Brian Josephson, Nobel
Laureate in Physics and Emeritus Professor of Physics, University
of Cambridge
"The modern scientific world is experiencing a radical shift in its
understanding of our reality, originating in the deep mystery of
quantum physics almost a century ago, and maturing through the
refinement of the mind-brain relationship, and of the very nature
of consciousness. In Real Magic, Dean Radin, as one of the
world's leading scientific investigators of this exciting frontier,
reveals the detailed nature of this world-changing mindscape in an
arena that many will find illustrative of the true potential of
this new dawn of understanding: the reality of certain forms of
"magic," as we come to a far more powerful manifestation of our
free will, and a much deeper knowing of the natural world and of
our powers on emerging reality. Highly recommended!" -Eben
Alexander M.D., author of Proof of Heaven and co-author of
Living in a Mindful Universe
"Filled with fascinating facts and intriguing ideas, Real
Magic places the laboratory findings from parapsychology in the
broader context of centuries of magic practices. This wholly
original work then points toward new understandings of reality that
can no longer be ignored." -Jim B. Tucker, M.D., author of the
New York Times bestseller Return to Life: Extraordinary
Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives
"Real Magic illustrates the limitations of 20th century science
and proposes a more comprehensive view that incorporates ideas that
have been associated with magic throughout the ages. Blending
history, humor, and plausible hypotheses, Dean Radin illustrates
that there is a staggering amount of evidence for a broader view of
science that offers hope for the future of humanity." -Jessica
Utts, Professor of Statistics, University of California, Irvine and
2016 President of the American Statistical Association
"Dean Radin writes about all those scientifically and
experimentally proven findings that for most people, are beyond
imagination, mysterious, or even impossible. This is what Radin
calls 'magic'. Everybody and everything are always interrelated,
interacting, and interconnected, beyond time and space. To better
understand this challenging new worldview we need a new paradigm in
science. Highly recommended." -Pim van Lommel, cardiologist, author
of Consciousness Beyond Life
"Knowing Dean Radin's scientific work (and appreciating his sense
of humor!), I knew I'd like Real Magic, but after the first
page I was hooked and read the whole book in a day.
Parapsychologists have too often gotten stuck in abstractions about
psychic abilities, but Radin now situates parapsychology where it
belongs: it's about magic. And magic is about humanness and our
spiritual nature, not just spells and love potions. Read, enjoy,
learn!" -Charles T. Tart, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Psychology,
University of California, Davis; Emeritus Faculty, Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA.
"Real Magic will be known as one of the few real
paradigm-changing works of science. Radin builds a case, supported
by plenty of data as well as by theoretical ideas that are all real
and can be studied. Consciousness is the foundation of everything.
This is what makes magic so real-it will be the new science. A very
delightful book, highly recommended." -Menas C. Kafatos, co-author
of the New York Times bestselling You Are the Universe and
Professor of Computational Physics, Chapman University
"The real magic of Dean Radin is that he continually insists on a
clear eyed, fact based assessment of the accumulating data that
'real magic' is real. The delightful, easily flowing nature of his
text - covering complex histories of magic and high level
scientific analyses - is, itself, magical." -Neil Theise, MD,
Professor of Pathology at NYU School of Medicine
"Dean Radin shows how even a weighty subject like the nexus of
esoteric ideas and modern science can still be an entertaining,
easy read. He teaches us here that real magic is not a regression
to ancient superstition, but rather an intriguing and surprisingly
persuasive anticipation of future science." -James Fallon,
Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior School of Medicine,
University of California, Irvine
"With scientific precision and an expanded model of consciousness
based on many years of patient experimentation, Real Magic
explores the new frontiers of what passes for "reality" in our
modern world of quanta, entanglement and multiple dimensions. Magic
is the ancient source of modern science: it reflects humanity's
desire to control its environment and life itself. With clear
thought and welcome humor-a rare commodity in this field-Dean Radin
shows that the study of magic is not only a matter of historical
curiosity; it also holds an important key to future knowledge of
ourselves and the universe our thoughts create." -Jacques Vallee,
PhD, computer scientist, venture capitalist
"Real Magic is a philosophical and scientific milestone.
Dean Radin explores the history and foundations of magic, proposing
a worldview uniquely appropriate for the challenges of the 21st
century. This book is a brilliantly organized bridge that spans the
esoteric traditions, magical lore, parapsychology, and contemporary
science." -Stanley Krippner, Professor of Psychology, Saybook
University
"We have entered an age when simple artificial neural networks
(ANNs), with only a few hundred neurons, outperform humans in more
and more tasks, forcing more and more people out of jobs and
seriously threatening our future. How can a simple system of a
thousand neurons outperform humans with billions of neurons and, as
many of us believe from inescapable experience, some kind of real
soul? The answer is that NNs are usually designed to focus.
We, too, need to develop our own fullest ability to focus our own
minds in order to keep up, to connect with each other better, and
to survive and grow as a species. I commend Dean Radin for his
efforts in Real Magic to extract what many esoteric
traditions from all over the world have learned through time, to
help us train ourselves to focus the full powers of our minds, and
for moving us forward (like Freud and Jung) on the long, difficult,
but all-important road to bring this line of inquiry into the
forefront of science." -Paul Werbos, PhD, former program director
of the National Science Foundation
"Some scientists are confident that we already know what is and is
not possible. But the truth is that science is very much in its
infancy. To advance our understanding requires bold excursions into
domains some might consider heretical, including esoteric legends
about magic that have persisted for thousands of years. This is
what Dean Radin sets out to do with Real Magic. In my judgment, it
succeeds in blazing new trails. Well worth the read." -Kary Mullis
PhD, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry)
"There is a tacit agreement in conventional science to deny,
ignore, and remain silent about the most astonishing fact of our
lives: the capacity of our consciousness to shape our existence and
the so-called physical world. This is the equivalent of blind men
refusing the gift of vision. In Real Magic, Dean Radin
challenges us to abandon this childish pretense, this taboo, not on
the basis of faith but of science itself. Our future likely depends
on how we respond to the key messages in Real Magic." -Larry
Dossey, MD, author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind is Part of
a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters
"Scientists tend to be critical of the scholars who reputedly
refused to look through Galileo's telescope. In Real Magic,
Dean Radin lays out impressive evidence that 'there are more things
in Heaven and Earth' than are dreamed of in 21st century physics.
How will this story end? Will 21st century physicists prove to be
more like Galileo, or more like his opponents?" -Peter Sturrock,
PhD, emeritus professor of physics, Stanford University, and author
of Late Night Thoughts About Science
"Radin cleverly frames yesterday's sorcery as today's edge
science. Must reading for would-be Gandalfs and Circes." -Nick
Herbert, PhD, physicist, author of Quantum Reality
"The book Real Magic gives a fascinating insight into both
the historic and modern perspectives of magical practice. The
modern 'magic' that Dean Radin refers to embodies a range of 'psi'
phenomena whose occurrence is stubbornly statistically significant.
Their magnitude may be modest, but after hundreds of thousands of
high quality experiments, instances of remote viewing and
precognition for example, are persistent outcomes that cannot be
explained away by chance or poor methodology. From a conventional
scientific point of view these are anomalies that do not fit the
existing paradigm. For Dean Radin these phenomena are an inevitable
consequence of a universal consciousness that underpins the very
fabric of space-time itself. For most of us the myriad distractions
of the everyday world dull our senses, but with concerted effort,
yoga and meditation, it seems that gifted individuals might be
capable of amazing things. But as Radin says "Magic is real, but no
one said it's going to be fast or easy." -Dr Steve Boreham,
University of Cambridge
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