This listing covers: altered states, brain washing, consciousness, mind control, neurology, parapsychology.*note: Page still under development. If you are aware of any books which should be added, please let me know. Contributions will be fully accredited. Links welcome.
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BBiological Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation (Radiowaves and Microwaves) Eurasian Communist Countries by Ronald I.Adams, R.A.Williams
(March 1976, non-fiction... Defense Intelligence Agency... resource)
Neurocomputing: Foundations of Research by J.A.Anderson, E.Rosenfeld
(19??, non-fiction... consciousness, artificial intelligence)
Evolution Isn't What it Used To Be: The Augmented Animal and the Whole Wired World by Walter Truett Anderson
(June 1996, non-fiction...WH Freeman and Company... posthuman, genetic engineering)
The Biological Effects of Radio-Frequency and Microwave Radiation edited by H.M.Assenheim
(1979, non-fiction, anthology...National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada... resource)
CSteps To An Ecology Of Mind by Gregory Bateson
(March 1972, non-fiction... thought processes)
Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity by Gregory Bateson
(19??, non-fiction... thought processes, psychology)
The Body Electric by Robert Becker
(1985, non-fiction...Morrow, US... mind control...
"Important." --Martin Cannon.)
Operation Mind Control by Walter Bowart
(1978, non-fiction...Dell, New York... mind control, brain washing...
"The best single volume on the subject. Difficult to find; indeed, this book's rapid disappearance from bookstores and libraries has aroused the suspicions of some researchers." --Martin Cannon.)
A History of the Electrical Activity of the Brain by Mary Brazier
(1961, non-fiction)
The Zapping of America by Paul Brodeur
(1976, non-fiction...
"Contains a good chapter on microwave mind control technology." --Martin Cannon.)
New Mind, New Body by Barbara Brown
(1963, non-fiction)
The Yage Letters by William S.Burroughs
(1963, non-fiction, correspondence... drugs, telepathy)
DNecessary Illusons: Thought Control in Democratic Societies by Noam Chomsky
(19??, non-fiction... propaganda, thought control)
A Neurocomputational Perspective: The Nature of Mind and the Structure of Science by P.M.Churchland
(19??, non-fiction)
Neurophilosophy by Patricia Churchland
(19??, non-fiction)
ESmart Drugs and Nutrients: How to Improve Your Memory and Increase Your Intelligence Using the Latest Discoveries in Neuroscience by Ward Dean, John Morgenthaler
(1991, non-fiction)
Physical Control of the Mind: Toward a Psychocivilized Society by José Delgado
(1969, non-fiction...Harper and Row, New York, US... mind control, intracerebral implants...
"Outdated but still essential." --Martin Cannon.)
Neurons and Networks: An Introduction to Neuroscience by J.E.Dowling
(19??, non-fiction... neurology, neuroscience)
FThe Self and Its Brain by John Eccles, Karl Popper
(1977, non-fiction... consciousness)
GThe Brain Revolution Marilyn Ferguson
(1973, non-fiction...Taplinger, New York, US)
The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context by Timothy Ferris
(1992, nonfiction...Bantam, New York, US... intelligence, information theory)
HWhat Sort of People Should There Be? -- Genetic Engineering, Brain Control and Their Impact on our Future World by Jonathan Glover
(1984, non-fiction... genetic engineering, neurologic, future, posthuman, human issues)
Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research by Stanislav Grof, M.D.
(1975, non-fiction...Esalen / Viking Press, New York, US, hbk... psychology, neurologic, lysergic acid diethylamide, subconsciousness, psychedelics, altered states)
The Holotropic Mind: The Three Levels of Human Consciousness and How They Shape Our Lives by Stanislav Grof with Hal Zina Bennett
(1993, non-fiction...HarperCollins, New York, US, hbk, ISBN 0-06-250367-7... consciousness, altered states)
IFluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought by Douglas R.Hofstadter and the Fluid Analogies Research Group
(1995, non-fiction...Basic Books, New York, US)
Secret Agenda by Linda Hunt
(1991, non-fiction...St.Martin's Press, New York, US... mind control)
Brainwashing in Red China by Edward Hunter
(1951, non-fiction...Vanguard Press, New York, US... mind control, brain washing...
"Hunter invented the term 'brainwashing' in a September 24, 1950 Miami News article." --Martin Cannon.)
Mega Brain by Michael Hutchison
(1986, non-fiction...Ballantine, New York, US... neurology, mind machines)
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KThe Margins of Reality by Robert Jahn, Brenda Dunne
(19??, non-fiction)
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MWere We Controlled? by Lincoln Lawrence (pseudonym)
(1967...University Books, New Hyde Park, New York, US... mind control, brain washing, cerebral manipulation...
"Explores possible connections to the JFK assassination. Dr. Petter Lindstrom's endorsement of this work makes it mandatory reading." --Martin Cannon.)
"Neurologic" by Timothy Leary with Joanna Leary
(1973, non-fiction, essay... neurologic)
Neuropolitics: The Sociobiology of Human Metamorphosis by Timothy Leary
(19??... neurologic)
Info-Psychology: A Manual on the Use of the Human Nervous System According To the Instructions by Timothy Leary
(19??... neurologic)
Neuropolitique by Timothy Leary
(19??... neurologic)
Acid Dreams -- The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond by Martin A.Lee, Bruce Shlain
(1985, non-fiction... history of LSD, secret government experiments, counterculture)
The Savage Mind by Claude Lévi-Strauss
(1968, non-fiction...University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, US)
Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer by John Lilly
(1967, non-fiction... altered states, belief systems, consciousness, sensory deprivation...
most concise and most useful of Lilly's books... before Ketamine... highly recommended)
The Center of the Cyclone: An Autobiography of Inner Space by John Lilly
(1972, non-fiction... altered states, consciousness)
The Deep Self: Profound Relaxation and the Tank Isolation Technique by John Lilly
(1977, non-fiction... sensory deprivation, consciousness)
The Scientist: A Metaphysical Autobiography by John Lilly
(1978... altered states, consciousness)
Behaviour Control by Perry London
(1969, non-fiction...Harper and Row, New York, US)
NThe CIA and the Cult of Intelligence by Victor Marchetti, John D.Marks
(1974, non-fiction...Alfred A.Knopf, New York, US... covert operations, mind control)
Violence and the Brain by Vernon Mark and Frank Ervin
(1970, non-fiction...Harper and Row, New York, US... psychology, behavior modification)
The Search for 'The Manchurian Candidate' by John Marks
(1978, non-fiction...Bantam, New York, US... mind control, cerebral manipulation, MKULTRA...
"An invaluable book. However, many people have made the mistake of assuming it tells the full story. It does not." --Martin Cannon.)
Mind Games: The Guide to Inner Space by Robert Masters, Jean Houston
(1972, non-fiction...Viking Press, New York, US... altered states, consciousness)
A Brief Survey of Literature Relating to Influence of Low Intensity Microwaves on Nervous Function by R.J.McGregor
(1970, non-fiction...RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, US... mind control)
Mind Wars by Ronald M.McRae
(1984...St.Martin's Press, New York, US... parapsychology...
"For a description of the research into parapsychology...The best book available on a subject which awaits a truly authoritative text." --Martin Cannon.)
Maps of Consciousness by Ralph Metzner
(1972, non-fiction... altered states)
The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky
(1987, non-fiction...Simon & Schuster, New York, US)
The Roots of Consciousness by Jeff Mishlove
(1975, non-fiction... consciousness, new age)
Mind Children by Hans Moravec
(19??, non-fiction)
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PThe Psychology of Consciousness by Robert Ornstein
(1972, non-fiction, psychology...W.H.Freeman, San Francisco, California, US, hbk... consciousness, right brain/left brain symmetry, reason, intuition)
The Nature of Human Consciousness edited by Robert Ornstein
(1973, non-fiction, anthology)
Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain by Sheila Ostrander, Lynn Schroeder
(1970, non-fiction... parapsychology)
QThe Brain Changers by Maya Pines
(1973, non-fiction...Signet, US... mind control...
"Outdated, but an excellent chapter on the stimoceiver and related technologies." --Martin Cannon.)
Mind-Reach by Harold Puthoff, R.Targ
(1977)
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SThe Reach of the Mind by J.B.Rhine
(1948)
The Making of Memory: From Molecules to Mind by Steven Rose
(1993, non-fiction... memory, mind)
The Expanding Mental Universe: Adventures of the Mind by Bertrand Russell
(1960, non-fiction... mind, philosophy)
The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
(1949, non-fiction... mind)
TA Leg to Stand On by Oliver Sacks
(19??, non-fiction)
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
(1973, non-fiction...E.P.Dutton, New York, US hbk... neurology, psychology, L-Dopa)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
(1985, non-fiction... neurology, psychology)
Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks
(19??, non-fiction... neurology, psychology)
Migraine by Oliver Sacks
(19??, non-fiction... neurology, psychology)
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
(1995, non-fiction... neurology, psychology)
The Mind Manipulators by Alan W.Scheflin, Edward M.Opton Jr
(1978, non-fiction...Paddington Press, London, UK... brainwashing, cerebral manipulation)
Mind Control by Peter Schrag
(1978, non-fiction... brainwashing, cerebral manipulation)
Psychotechnology edited by Robert L.Schwitzgebel and Ralph K.Schwitzgebel
(1973, non-fiction...Holt Rhinehart and Winston, New York, US)
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Jonathan D.Spence
(1985, non-fiction... memory aid)
UAltered States of Consciousness by Charles T.Tart
(1969... altered states, consciousness, psychedelics)
On Being Stoned by Charles T.Tart
(1971... altered states, psychedelics)
Journey into Madness by Gordon Thomas
(1989...Bantam, New York, US)
The Brain: An Introduction to Neuroscience by R.F.Thompson
(1985, non-fiction... neurology)
VDream Telepathy by M.Ullman, Stanley Krippner, Alan Vaughan
(1973... altered states, fringe science)
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XTools for Thought by C.H.Waddington
(1977, non-fiction)
The Joyous Cosmology by Alan Watts
(1962, non-fiction...Pantheon / Random House, New York, US... mescaline, psychedelics, altered states)
The Natural Mind: A New Way of Looking at Drugs and the Higher Consciousness by Andrew Weil
(1971, non-fiction... altered states, consciousness)
The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon by Andrew Weil
(1980, non-fiction)
From Chocoloate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs by Andrew Weil
(1983, non-fiction... altered states, psychedelics)
Psychic Warfare: Fact or Fiction? edited by John White
(1988, non-fiction...Aquarian, Nottingham, UK)
The Manipulated Mind by Denise Winn
(1983, non-fiction...Octagon Press, London, UK)
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"Remote Mind Control Technology" by Anna Keeler
(in Full Disclosure 15 ...
P.O.Box 903, Libertyville, Illinois 60048, USA)
"Controlling the Mind Controllers" by David Krech
(in Think 32, July- August, 1966)
"Electronics and Brain Control" by L.George Lawrence
(in Popular Electronics , July 1973... mind control, brain washing, cerebral manipulation)
"The Mind Fields" by Kathleen McAuliffe
(in Omni , February 1985)
"Auditory Beats in the Brain" by Gerald Oster
(in Scientific American , September 1973)
"No Way to Treat the Mind" by Steven Rose
(article, in New Scientist , 1993... critical review of 'smart drug' research... skeptical)
Awakenings
(feature film, US... based on the book Awakenings by Oliver Sacks... starring: Robin Williams)The Mind Field
(Channel 4 TV documentary series, UK)The Mind Traveller
(BBC 2 television documentary 9-part series written and presented by Oliver Sacks... first aired on Thursday 31 October 1996)
Georges I.Gurdjieff
(Anachron Library... entry forthcoming)
Timothy Leary
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography)
John Lilly
(Anachron Library... entry forthcoming)
Oliver Sacks
(Anachron Library... booklist)
Robert Anton Wilson
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography... for all adventurers of the mind... highly recommended)
The Government Psychiatric Torture Site
(site maintained by Brian Bard, e-mail: brian@designr.com)
Koestler Parapsychology Unit
(resource site... based at Edinburgh university)
The Mind Control Forum
("unofficial networking site of the survivors of government psychiatric and psychological torture" --Brian Bard.)
The MindNet Journal
(electronic news service... maintained by Mike Coyle)
Remote Viewing
(psychic espionage, CIA... information, documents)
Voices In Your Head
(report on mind control experiments)
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Page compiled by Henry W.Targowski, with extensive borrowings from: Martin Cannon, Brian Bard