by John E. Mack, M.D. There is a vast range of reported human experiences that cannot be understood by the laws and mechanisms of Western science including mental telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition, near-death and out-of-body experiences, UFO abductions, kundalini awakenings, religious miracles and seemingly miraculous healings, and the common perceptions by peoples all over the […]
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A Proposal for a Conference on Challenging Assumptions About Economic Growth, Profit, and Consumption
by John E. Mack, M.D. December 1996 This paper was prepared in advance of a conference that was cosponsored by The Marion Foundation, The Center for Process Studies, and John Mack’s organization. See endnote for details. The planet is facing the likelihood of environmental degradation and collapse in the near future unless humanity undertakes a […]
Continue ReadingTrickster’s Time
by John E. Mack, M.D. The New York Times | Op-Ed November 30, 2000 In his remarkable new book, Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde shows us that many cultures know — by different names — a rebellious, god-like figure that brings about fundamental change. He is called Hermes in ancient Greece, Coyote among the […]
Continue ReadingClinical and Political Witnessing: A Meeting with a Palestinian Psychiatrist
John E. Mack, M.D. Some years ago as I began my clinical work with people who have experienced what many describe as “alien encounters,” I did not imagine that a central part of what I would learn would be how cultures lose opportunities to develop when the testimony of those whose experiences lie outside of […]
Continue ReadingDeeper Causes: Exploring the Role of Consciousness in Terrorism
by John E. Mack, M.D. ABSTRACT – “Without understanding what breeds these acts and drives the terrorists to do what they do … we have little chance of preventing further such actions, let alone of ‘eradicating terrorism.’” Harvard psychiatrist John Mack identifies three levels of causes: immediate, proximate, and deeper. Focusing on deeper causes, he […]
Continue ReadingThe Responsible Warrior
by John E. Mack, M.D. MANY NATIONAL leaders understand that it is not difficult to rally the populace and stifle criticism while a war is going on. A leader has only to emphasize a threat to national security and the need to “support the troops.” Even doubt and searching analysis may be called unpatriotic while […]
Continue ReadingResisting the Politics of Fear
by John E. Mack, M.D. September 13, 2004 Senator John Edwards and many other Americans believe that Vice President Cheney “crossed the line” when he said that if we chose John Kerry instead of George Bush “we’ll be hit again and we’ll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of […]
Continue ReadingMy Day in Manchester
by John E. Mack, M.D. September 17, 2004 We would like to provide a picture of what John Mack was doing a week before his passing. On September 17th, six weeks before the American Presidential election, he was in Manchester New Hampshire. He shared this email (composed originally as a letter to his sons) with […]
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