The Highest State of Consciousness (A835)

Collected here in one volume are some of the most important and readable essays on the subject of expanded consciousness. This book attempts to find the common denominators of the experience that has been variously referred to as 'cosmic consciousness,' 'peak experience,' and the 'transcendental unconscious.' Some of the thinkers here approach the subject of the 'highest state' as a mystical religious experience; others describe it in physiological terms. The juxtaposition of these essays establishes a meaningful dialogue on the subject of this eternal transcendental experience." Includes contributions by Aldous Huxley, R.D. Laing, Alan Watts, Abraham Maslow, P.D. Ouspensky, Arthur Waley, etc.