Recursive Spirit (Paperback)

Paperback. A psychiatrist reads Castaneda, doesn't believe a word - and starts finding confirmation in neuroscience, clinical practice, and twenty thousand neural networks.Recursive Spirit is the story of a double diagnosis: every discovery about the mind forces the author to run a differential on himself. Is this an insight - or am I becoming my own patient?The book begins with breathing and the word 'spirit, ' moves through neural networks, philosophy of mind, rehab centers, rocket attacks and night shifts as a security guard with Castaneda on a phone - and ends with the answer to the question worth the entire journey: what distinguishes a mage from a paranoid.The answer: calibration. The ability to stop, check, and continue. Or not continue - if the check says don't.This is not an argument for magic. This is not an argument against science. This is an argument that a person who speaks both languages sees more than a person who speaks one.The freedom costs loneliness. The loneliness is part of the territory. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…