Tantric Psychophysics - 2nd Edition by Shelli Renée Joye (Paperback)

About the Book

"A bold synthesis of ancient sacred science, modern physics, and neuroscience designed to open access to higher consciousness. Explores how esoteric teachings from India and Tibet offer specific methods for tuning and directing consciousness to reach higher stages of awareness. Presents a wide-ranging collection of practical techniques, as well as numerous figures and diagrams, to facilitate navigation of altered states of consciousness and heightened mystical states. Develops an integrated structural map of higher consciousness by viewing Tibetan and Indian Tantra through the work of Steiner, Gurdjieff, Teilhard de Chardin, Aurobindo Ghose, and quantum physicists Planck and Bohm"--

Book Synopsis

A bold synthesis of ancient sacred science, modern physics, and neuroscience designed to open access to higher consciousness

- Explores how esoteric teachings from India and Tibet offer specific methods for tuning and directing consciousness to reach higher stages of awareness

- Presents a wide-ranging collection of practical techniques, as well as numerous figures and diagrams, to facilitate navigation of altered states of consciousness and heightened mystical states

- Develops an integrated structural map of higher consciousness by viewing Tibetan and Indian Tantra through the work of Steiner, Gurdjieff, Teilhard de Chardin, Aurobindo Ghose, and quantum physicists Planck and Bohm

Throughout the millennia shamans, saints, and yogis have discovered how the brain-mind can be reprogrammed to become a powerful instrument facilitating access to higher states of consciousness. In particular, the written Tantric texts of India and Tibet describe, in extraordinarily precise detail, interior transformations of conscious energy along with numerous techniques for stimulating, modulating, and transforming consciousness to reach increasingly higher states and stages of awareness.

In this in-depth examination of esoteric Tantric practices, Shelli Renée Joye, Ph.D., presents a wide-ranging collection of psychophysical techniques integrating Tibetan Vajrayana and Patañjali's yoga to induce altered states of consciousness for the exploration of heightened mystical states. Sharing numerous figures and diagrams, she shows how these theories and techniques are not only fully supported by modern biophysics, brain science, and quantum physics but are also in line with the work of Rudolf Steiner, G. I. Gurdjie, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Aurobindo Ghose, Max Planck, and David Bohm. e author also shares insights from her own personal practices for consciousness exploration, which include prayer, mantra, emptying the mind, psychedelics, yoga, and visualization of interior physiology.

Offering a structural map of the dynamics of consciousness, Joye reveals that one can develop new ways of tuning and directing consciousness to reach extraordinary modes of being and intense levels of lucid awareness, the requisites for the direct exploration of supersensible dimensions and sailing in the ocean of consciousness.

Review Quotes

"A solid basis for comprehending consciousness and reality at the transcendental intersection between spirituality, philosophy, and science. . . . this book provides a trusty guide for those seeking to safely navigate the farthest expanses of self through meditation and contemplation."-- "Cynthia Sue Larson, author of Quantum Jumps"

"Drawing upon a deep wisdom gained from decades of practice and direct spiritual experience, Joye describes a wide range of contemplative practices from major traditions, clarifying and supporting these various techniques with insights from modern science and quantum physics. The resulting book offers a highly unique approach, free of culturally specific or scientific jargon, to explain clearly some of the most effective psychophysical tools that are available to the modern educated reader interested in the firsthand exploration of consciousness. Tantric Psychophysics is a one-of-a-kind approach to traditional mystical praxis. It is both pioneering and revelatory, an intellectual tour de force of exposition, and yet at the same time it offers a practical and easy-to-follow guide for integrating science and spirituality in the process of personal transformation."-- "James D. Ryan, Ph.D., professor emeritus of Asian philosophies and cultures at the California Instit"

"Entering altered states of consciousness is no longer the privilege of a slect few. It is now at the doorstep of people in all walks of life with all kinds of worldviews and values. Joye's book provides a much-needed handbook for finding the path toward entering altered states and an important resource for meeting the challenge of living and thriving in today's world."-- "Ervin Laszlo, author of The Immortal Mind"

"In an extraordinarily personal and deeply researched review of the embodied methods of achieving spiritual awareness, Joye provides us with a multicultural tour of the great souls in meditation and consciousness. People who have shared their methods and results are set side by side to provide a robust overview of the methods of inner awareness leading to enlightenment. Written in a style to be accessible to every reader, Joye provides deep insight into the inner workings of consciousness through different methods of meditation. A delightful and deeply insightful read."-- "John Alan Taylor, Ph.D., dean of library and learning support at Orange Coast College"

"Joye has written a remarkable book that presents a wide range of traditionally esoteric knowledge in the context of contemporary physics, physiology, and philosophy. Her integral, interdisciplinary approach to consciousness offers practical suggestions that can inform and inspire readers to experience new dimensions of awareness."-- "Ira Rechtshaffer, Ph.D., psychotherapist and author"

"Not since Ralph Metzner have we been given such rich descriptions of consciousness beyond the veil and how to access it."-- "Allan Combs, Ph.D., director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the California Institute of"

"Shelli Joye is a consciousness cartographer whose works appeal to those with a courageous soul and an adventurous spirit. The well-researched and illustrated material collected in Tantric Psychophysics will be a great aid for anyone interested in the nature of consciousness. Highly recommend this fascinating work!"-- "Michael Pryzdia, Ph.D., senior lecturer at Arizona State University"

"Shelli Joye is a master architect, bridging the gaps between our physics of today, consciousness, and spirituality, while revealing hidden secrets under her microscope of words and stories. Bravo!"-- "Lauren Palmateer, Ph.D., electrical engineer"

"Tantric Psychophysics is an atlas of the soul and the network of subtle pathways that connect it to, but can also release it from, the physical body and surrounding cosmos. Recalling her intellectual and actual circumnavigation of the globe in search of the wisdom of spiritual explorers and psychonauts, Joye threads their various insights into a practical handbook meant to guide the reader through mental and physical processes that induce liberating states of extrasensory consciousness."-- "Timothy Desmond, Ph.D., author of Psyche and Singularity"

About the Author

Shelli Renee Joye, Ph.D., entered Rice University on a physics scholarship and graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering. In 1970 she began studying psychonautics with John Lilly and contemplation with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. She completed her master's degree in Sanskrit and Indian philosophy and a doctorate in philosophy, cosmology, and consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Joye is the author of several books, including The Electromagnetic Brain. She lives in Viola, California.