Real Magic | Free Book
According to noted scientist and bestselling author of The Conscious Universe, Dean Radin, magic is a natural aspect of reality, and each of us can tap into this power with diligent practice.
But wait, aren't things like ESP and telepathy just wishful thinking and flights of the imagination? Not according to the author, who worked on the US government's top secret psychic espionage program known as Stargate. Radin has spent the last forty years conducting controlled experiments that demonstrate that thoughts are things, that we can sense others' emotions and intentions from a distance, that intuition is more powerful than we thought, and that we can tap into the power of intention (think The Secret, only on a more realistic and scientific level). These dormant powers can help us to lead more interesting and fulfilling lives.
Beginning with a brief history of magic over the centuries (what was called magic two thousand years ago is turning out to be scientific fact today), a review of the scientific evidence for magic, a series of simple but effective magical techniques (the key is mental focus, something elite athletes know a lot about), Radin then offers a vision of a scientifically-informed magic and explains why magic will play a key role in frontiers of science.
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“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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