Suddenly Psychic: A Skeptic's Journey [Paperback]

Maureen Caudill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 8, 2006

Suddenly Psychic offers evidence that "paranormal" abilities are a normal part of human consciousness – and what’s more, anyone can learn them! After decades of ultra-rational, "left-brained" existence as a physicist and computer scientist, all of Maureen Caudill’s beliefs about life—and the laws of physics—drastically changed when she began having first-hand experiences of scientifically "impossible" psychic phenomena like spoon-bending, remote viewing, and channeling. This is the memoir of a believer who understands—and speaks to—the skeptics’ perspective. Maureen Caudill has degrees in physics and math from the University of Connecticut and Cornell University and spent more than twenty years as a computer scientist specializing in artificial intelligence and neural networks.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Many books have been written about the differences in thought and perception between the rational, scientific mind and the new age thinker; but few use the personal experience of a psychic from one with a physics degree to draw connections between similarities and
differences between the two. SUDDENLY PSYCHIC is both a memoir and a survey of the scientific basis for understanding how psychic abilities might function: it provides much food for thought, couched in scientific understanding, and is a pick not only for new age and metaphysical bookshelves, but for general-interest libraries and academic library science holdings, as well. --Midwest Book Review

For anyone who was intrigued with the movie What the Bleep do we Know, as well as for readers wanting hard evidence of the study of subtle energy, this book is a treasure, and is thoroughly satisfying for people who are simply curious about the experience of becoming suddenly psychic. --Foreword Magazine

For anyone who was intrigued with the movie What the Bleep do we Know, as well as for readers wanting hard evidence of the study of subtle energy, this book is a treasure, and is thoroughly satisfying for people who are simply curious about the experience of becoming suddenly psychic. --Foreword Magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 290 pages
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Pub Co (December 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571745017
• ISBN-13: 978-1571745019
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #809,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A memoir and a survey of the scientific basis for understanding, February 7, 2007

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suddenly Psychic: A Skeptic's Journey (Paperback)

Many books have been written about the differences in thought and perception between the rational, scientific mind and the new age thinker; but few use the personal experience of a psychic from one with a physics degree to draw connections between similarities and differences between the two. SUDDENLY PSYCHIC is both a memoir and a survey of the scientific basis for understanding how psychic abilities might function: it provides much food for thought, couched in scientific understanding, and is a pick not only for new age and metaphysical bookshelves, but for general-interest libraries and academic library science holdings, as well.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where Spirit and Science Converge, January 12, 2007

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Kzoo269 (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suddenly Psychic: A Skeptic's Journey (Paperback)

How fortunate I've been to have stumbled on this gem of a book! Far more than the re-hashing of tired "New Age" clichés, Maureen Caudill invites us along on her personal journey from the heart of materialism to the heights of spiritual experience. At the same time she manages to summarize the latest discoveries in physics and tie them in a clear and concise way to psychic phenomena.

With her scientific training she easily explains in layman's terms how the hard sciences are converging with the mystical, and her personal path in this discovery -- all with detailed references and footnotes. Entertaining as it is informative, this book is truly a rare find and an inspiration. Read it with an open mind and it may change your life.

33 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last -- A scientist checks in and gives us the straight story, January 29, 2007

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Mary Ann McGlashon "Mary Ann McGlashon" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suddenly Psychic: A Skeptic's Journey (Paperback)

Psychic phenomena are too numerous to be completely discounted and it has always bothered me that its association with quackery and charlatanism flies in the face of some sincere opinions and experience to the contrary. I am the greatest of sceptics and always found comfort in the absence of empirical evidence because such things frighten me. "There are things we cannot explain" is my way of answering myself and someone will find a credible explanation one day for things we don't understand in our culture but for which other cultures have elaborate ritual and explanation. Maureen Caudill treads the scientific path and is very clear about things, knowing that much of her readership will be, as I am, not necessarily too well-read in scientific jargon. Strip away fear and awe -- there is an explanation for many things and Caudill shows us how exciting this information can be and what we can teach ourselves to do. We are like expensive computers that we currently use only to play solitaire and send email. WOW!! I've been waiting for this book for a long time and I want to go further and study more. It's good, really good.