The Possible Human: A Course in Enhancing Your Physical, Mental & Creative Abilities

by Jean Houston

Book Overview

In this book, the written version of the innovative and ground-breaking workshops and programs of lecturer, scholar, philosopher, and pioneer of human development Dr. Jean Houston, readers learn how to gain access to hidden images, ideas, and sensory-based memories, and are introduced to a comprehensive theory and program for conscious creativity. Dr. Houston explains the theories that helped form the foundation of the human potential movement while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874778727
• ISBN13: 9780874778724
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Most Mind Expanding Book I've Ever Read!

Never before have I had my mind stretched so far, in so many new directions. If you will actually take the time to do the exercises in this book- not just read them- a new world awaits you. I know, I know, I thought "what a load of B.S." too. Find out for yourself.

An excellent primer for exploring the real potential of the everyday human

This was probably one of the most innovative books I've read in a while. The exercises alone made this book a great read, but she also did an excellent job of explaining the underlying theory behind the exercises. I'll admit I liked this book a lot because it does go hand in hand with some of my own experiments, but I think that anyone who's interested in exploring the full potential of the human body will really enjoy this book, because the author shows you just how to do that. Her exercises are open-ended enough to allow for innovation on the part of the reader. What I also really liked was that she did an excellent job of citing her sources and providing readers endnotes that fleshed out tangential concepts related to the main focus in each chapter.

The Possible Human : A Course in Enhancing Your Physical, Mental, and Creative Abilities

Dr. Jean Houston in one of the greatest thinkers of our time and, indeed, a force of nature when it comes to exploring the boundaries of Human Capacities. Buckminster Fuller called her mind "The Eighth Wonder of the World." Anything she writes is worth reading. Everyone knows that we use only a fraction of our total capacities. Through misuse, neglect, and even bad training, all of us have lost the full potential of our minds and bodies. In the past two decades, much has been learned about reclaiming these lost abilities. Dr. Houston, the leading exponent in this area, describes how each of us can remove blocks so that we can see more, hear more, remember more, and draw on more of our inner resources. She offers a comprehensive program of exercises through which the reader can test her conclusions and integrate them into his or her own life. Based on twenty years of research, this book not only extends our concept of what the "possible human" is, but how to get there.

The missing pieces

Wondering why the world makes no sense? Our culture denies or denigrates so much of the core of human experience. Dr. Houston walks you through practical exercizes to regain your birthright as a human being. I'm not fond of 'self-help' books, most of them are rubbish. But I bought copies of this one for my family, because the information in it changed my perspective about myself and the world I have to live in. I highly recommed it for intelligent people who want solid information.