In The Press

The Lantern In The Skull offers an engaging meditation on consciousness, that clear light that seemingly lives inside your head, stubbornly resisting materialistic explanations. Author Hugh Major provides a clearly written and well-informed study of the increasingly critical need to see beyond a simple clockwork model of reality. - Dean Radin PhD, chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, author of Entangled Minds and The Noetic Universe

Written in an engaging narrative style with impeccable literary skill, Major splices entertaining vignettes drawn from his own experiences with insightful analysis of our materialist culture in the West. The Lantern in the Skullchallenges the dominant worldview of materialism in which nothing exists other than the material world. What begins as simple and straightforward questioning of our psychic nature and abilities, unfolds into an intriguing feast. Serving as a primer, The Lantern in the Skull will appeal to those new to the terrain and to old hands like me who are well-read and well-experienced when it comes to the real realities of the metaphysical. A valuable book to gift those with an open mind. - Isobel Blackthorn, author of The Unlikely Occultist

Of Hugh Major's previous book, From Monkey to Moth: An Imaginal Evolution: "Very readable, eclectic, full of wisdom drawn from experience. The ineffable is given shape with allegory, parable and metaphor. I so enjoyed it I went back several times to the sections that aroused a wealth of feeling." - Joy Cowley ONZ, DCNZN, OBE, author of Veil Over The Light: Selected Spiritual Writings and Navigation, A Memoir

READERS SAY:

"The Lantern in the Skull opens the door to realms beyond the ego as it enquires into the essence of consciousness. Hugh Major deftly weaves ribbons of philosophy, metaphysical concepts and everyday mystical experience into an inspiring book that gives credence to the ordinary/extraordinary experienced by many, myself included." - Diana King

"This turned out to be a thought-provoking read. A simple and clear writing style has been used to navigate this personal assortment of complex and diverse 'occurrences'. The result is intriguing." - Robert Gillies

"Hugh Major, in this wonderful, thought-provoking book, describes moments in his life that have brought him to understand there is another dimension to reality. The information this book reveals will take you, if you allow it, to the other reality - one of joy and completion, immense satisfaction and, for me personally, relief. There is so much more to know. This book points us towards the next step in our evolutionary journey." - Mehda Austin

"Hugh Major takes us along corridors in the mind, which we have visited and seen doors slightly ajar or shut. Memories of anomalies unexplained, usually kept private for fear of being ridiculed. Coincidences put down to nothing and not analysed because of "more important things to think about and do." This book makes you think and ponder. Get it. Read it." - Rebecca Wallis and Ross Lewis

"A short book that delves into the subjective nature of our mind, and describes both personal experience and experiences drawn from others' testimonies, to expose another reality removed from the physical preoccupations of day to day life. Hugh Major's sharp perceptions make for an engaging and entertaining read." - David Cooke