April 1995

Abstract
If we take Wilber's view that mystics don't need 'validation' from modern physics but concede at least that there is a fruitful line of dialogue here, what about the contribution of mystics to science? While it may be that a mystic, also trained as a scientist, may do better science, the more interesting question lies in the nature of the mystic's expertise: the inner world. Studies in consciousness is a growing academic field with contributions from both the sciences and the humanities. Perhaps studies in mysticism can offer the insights of the mystics of three thousand years or more into the questions emerging from studies in consciousness.

Comment (31/5/98)
Studies in Consciousness have continued to interest me, though I am increasingly convinced that there can be no 'science' of consciousness, not at least in the traditional meaning of the word 'science'.

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