EXTRAORDINARY KNOWING(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　In 1991, when her daughter’s rare, hand-carved harp was
stolen, Lisby Mayer’s familiar world of science and rational
thinking turned upside down. After the police failed to turn up any
leads, a friend suggested she call a dowser—a man who specialized
in finding lost objects. With nothing to lose—and almost as a
joke—Dr. Mayer agreed. Within two days, and without leaving his
Arkansas home, the dowser located the exact California street
coordinates where the harp was found.
　　Deeply shaken, yet driven to understand what had happened, Mayer
began the fourteen-year journey of discovery that she recounts in
this mind-opening, brilliantly readable book. Her first surprise:
the dozens of colleagues who’d been keeping similar experiences
secret for years, fearful of being labeled credulous or
crazy.
　　Extraordinary Knowing is an attempt to break through the silence
imposed by fear and to explore what science has to say about these
and countless other “inexplicable” phenomena. From Sigmund Freud’s
writings on telepathy to secret CIA experiments on remote viewing,
from leading-edge neuroscience to the strange world of quantum
physics, Dr. Mayer reveals a wealth of credible and fascinating
research into the realm where the mind seems to trump the laws of
nature.
　　She does not ask us to believe. Rather she brings us a book of
profound intrigue and optimism, with far-reaching implications not
just for scientific inquiry but also for the ways we go about
living in the world.
　　From the Hardcover edition.

　　Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, Ph.D., was an internationally known
psychoanalyst, researcher, and clinician, the author of
groundbreaking papers on female development, the nature of science,
and intuition, and a contributor to Consciousness and Healing,
published by the Institute of Noetic Sciences. In addition to her
private practice, she was associate clinical professor of
psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and also
taught at UC Medical Center, San Francisco. She died just after
completing Extraordinary Knowing.
　　From the Hardcover edition.

Foreword by Freeman Dyson
Foreword by Carol Gilligan
1. The Harp that Came Back
My Journey Begins
2. Going Public with Private Knowing
Breaking the Silence
3. Disavowing the Extraordinary
Personal Cost and Public Consequences
4. States of Mind
Knowing That Doesn’t Feel Like Knowing
5. Intuitive Intelligence
The Art and Science of Union
6. Starting—and Stopping—the Conversation
The Strange History of Paranormal Research
7. Tossing Out Meteorites
Science Fear, and Anxiety
8. Nighttime Eyes
Learning to Live with Paradox

　　Experiencing anew the wonder of someone discovering for the
first time that the world is not as it seems is a real treasure.
[Mayer’s] challenge to traditional scientists to take these realms
seriously is equally refreshing.—Shift, the Magazine of the
Institute of Noetic Sciences
　　”Logic meets ESP in a risky, profound, convincing new book.
Extraordinary Knowing offers a revolutionary new way of
understanding the world”—O, The Oprah Magazine
　　”A remarkable journey of discovery, bringing together personal
experiences and scientific experiments, and uncovering and
dissolving taboos. Mayer has a unique ability to combine
scholarship and sophistication with freshness and
curiosity.”—Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D., author of The Presence of the
Past and The Sense of Being Stared At
　　”This important, paradigm-shifting book beautifully weaves
stories of extraordinary knowing with a challenge to science as we
know it: to help us honor and understand the true nature of these
experiences.”—Andrew Newberg, M.D., author of Why God Won’t Go
Away
　　”An enthralling account, amazing and convincing. Mayer’s work
holds the promise of enabling a new level of dialogue between
realms of science and spirit.”—Huston Smith, Ph.D., author of The
World’s Religions
　　”Extraordinary Knowing breaks the seal on the stronghold of the
cool, logical intellect. Inside, we find exciting and irrefutable
evidence that what we call ‘reality’ is far more magical and
exciting than we’ve ever dreamed. What a fabulous book!”—Christiane
Northrup, M.D., author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom, The Wisdom of
Menopause, and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom
　　”A fascinating exploration of the mind and of what it might be to
be human.  Mayer opens up intriguing new vistas for thinking
about our deeper connectedness.”—Adam Phillips, author of Going
Sane and Side Effects
　　”A book to rejoice in. Mayer opens thrilling new possibilities
for science and its applications.”—Larry Dossey, M.D., author of
Healing Words
　　”A fascinating look at the power of non-local awareness to
transcend the limits of the linear mind. Dr. Mayer writes with a
sense of awe and fierce intelligence.”—Judith Orloff, MD., author,
Positive Energy
　　”Marvelous…the most exciting and important work I’ve seen in a
long time. Mayer has courage as well as brilliance.”—Louis Sander,
M.D., Professor Emeritus, Boston University School of
Medicine
　　From the Hardcover edition.