A Sense of More Than: Stories of Consciousness

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Tony Michael Martin is a retired surgeon of the head and neck with a philosopher's interest in the part of the body he once explored with science and scalpel. Starting at a London railway station, he takes the reader into an investigation of the farthest reaches of our consciousness: crossing continents, stepping into the shoes of the ancients and sifting through phenomena that defy the usual scientific and medical tools. He finishes up in Aotearoa New Zealand encountering a two thousand-year-old tree called Tane Mahuta. Martin Tony close-upWhat is humanity's 'sense of more than' all about? Could it be a potent force against aggression and violence? Do we need to know? Tony's erudite and thoughtful book takes the reader on an unforgettable journey.