Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind
Bucke, Richard Maurice. E. P. Dutton and Company, 1969 (Later Printing). Softbound. Intro by George Moreby Acklom. Bucke, who early in life nearly froze to death as the sole survivor of a silver-mining party, would go on to greatly influence the field of transpersonal psychology by writing this classic epiphanic work when, after a night of reading Walt Whitman, the Canadian psychiatrist was struck by an intense sense of the universe as a living presence. Features a sleek configuration of infinitely opening doors to the cover, designed by Tim Lewis, known for his equally vivid work for Dutton's 1968 I Ching translation by John Blofeld.
Tight, square spine has some very subtle cosmetic creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Very light edge-wear and toning to the covers. 384 pp. Comparative Religion.
