“This consciousness shows the cosmos to consist not of dead matter governed by unconscious, rigid, and unintending law; it shows it son the contrary aa entirely immaterial, entirely spiritual and entirely alive.”
–Richard Bucke in Cosmic Consciousness
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“Bucke believed that in the future humanity will develop cosmic consciousness. But some human beings might develop different faculties, such as the power to heal, true psychic awareness, or the ability to communicate with the dead. He believed that these would become senses as natural as sight.”
–Ronnie Pontiac in The American Metaphysical Religion