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 Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. For nearly four decades he has been engaged in consciousness research. Before joining the research staff at IONS in 2001, he held appointments at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Princeton University, and several Silicon Valley think tanks, including 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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