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The Natural Mind : An Investigation of Drugs and the Higher Consciousness Paperback – June 30, 1998

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Weil's first bestseller, the classic work on the principles of consciousness, offers a new model for solving the drug problem by acknowledging our intimate yearnings and offering an alternative.

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400 pages
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English
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Mariner Books
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June 30, 1998
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0.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches
ISBN-10

0395911567
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978-0395911563
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"This is an incredibly sane approach to the 'drug problem.' Somehow [Weil's] deep understanding of the dynamics and principles of consciousness [gives him] a very new and refreshing point of view." -- Alan Watts

About the Author

Andrew Weil, M.D., has degrees in biology and medicine from Harvard University. Author of the best-selling Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, he traveled the world experiencing and studying healers and healing systems and has earned an international reputation as an expert on alternative medicine, mind-body interactions, and medical botany. He is the associate director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine and the director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books; Revised edition (June 30, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0395911567
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0395911563
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches

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Andrew Weil, M.D., is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, a healing oriented approach to health care which encompasses body, mind, and spirit. His forthcoming book, "Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better – and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own," will be released on April 25th, 2017.

Combining a Harvard education and a lifetime of practicing natural and preventive medicine, Dr. Weil is the founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, where he is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health and the Lovell-Jones Professor of Integrative Rheumatology. Dr. Weil received both his medical degree and his undergraduate AB degree in biology (botany) from Harvard University.

Dr. Weil is an internationally-recognized expert for his views on leading a healthy lifestyle, his philosophy of healthy aging, and his critique of the future of medicine and health care. Approximately 10 million copies of Dr. Weil's books have been sold, including "Spontaneous Healing," "8 Weeks to Optimum Health," "Eating Well for Optimum Health," "The Healthy Kitchen," "Healthy Aging," and "Why Our Health Matters."

Online, he is the editorial director of www.drweil.com, the leading web resource for healthy living based on the philosophy of integrative medicine. He can be found on Facebook (facebook.com/drweil), Twitter (twitter.com/drweil), Instagram (instagram.com/drweil) and Pinterest (pinterest.com/drweil).

See a comprehensive list of Dr. Weil's information: about.me/DrWeil

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The Revised "The Natural Mind" Is An Unexpected Pleasure

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 23, 1999

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It is one of life's unexpected pleasures to discover Doctor Weil's original trail-blazing book on consciousness now revised and re-released. This book is a genuine countercultural classic. Along with millions of others, I have watched with interest as Doctor Weil's writing career has progressed from his concern with drug use and consciousness into his current writings educating the American public as to the values of wholistic alternative medical practices. Yet, most of his new fans are unfamiliar with this earlier work. Remedy that one fast, friend! With the publication of this book in the 1970s Weil established himself as a singular and original thinker not bound by the traditional and nearly exclusively rational allopathic medical viewpoints promulgated in western medical education. In spite of his eminent credentials as a Harvard-educated physician, Weil debunks conventional wisdom as to drug use and the so-called drug problem. As Weil states in the book, contemporary society doesn't have a drug problem so much as it has a consciousness problem, one exacerbated by the increasing use of rational thought as the exclusively legitimate path to knowing and understanding ourselves as well as the world around us. Instead, Weil counsels the reader as to how the act of recognizing the role of one's attitude and personal intellectual/ mental approach to experience can positively or negatively affect the nature of one's perceptions, experiences, and consciousness. His viewpoints and insights regarding the relative properties and values of inductive versus deductive reasoning is worth the price of the book alone. Wow! I haven't had this much fun anticipating anything since my lady friend came back from her sabbatical in London. Now we won't have to haunt the old used books stores in search of old copies of Doctor Weil's work. Enjoy!

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Fabrizio Feoli

Perfect copy

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Thanks! Old like new! Printed 1972 and still looking new! No writings or highlighting. Awesome preserved copy.

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I bought this for one of my classes and have gone through a few chapters. It's an interesting book, discussing drugs and how they relate to the human consciousness. The author has had several years relating to the study of drugs and how it effects the human mind. It offers a very different perspective on how we should counter drug abuse and how drugs exactly effect people. If you're interested in drug studies and/or looking for a good academic read give it shot!

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GalenB

Must read

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My mom gave me this book when I was 13. It's an indispensable look at the human mind, conscious and the relationship with chemical substances, particularly psychedelics.
A must have read for anyone who seeks to understand their relationship with the mind and the psychedelic experience.
Not a plain argument for or against drug use, but an impartial look at how drugs and other forms of altered consciousness affect out reality.
I bought again because it's been over a decade since I've read it.
Dr Andrew Weil is a brilliant author.

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Monty

Loved it!

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What a fascinating read! I think more people need to educate themselves on mind expansion, if only to help curb propoganda and unecesary stigmas. Loved it!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2016

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Love Dr Weil's books! This is another of his outstanding works. Dr Weil has a informed and intelligent take on the subject of human consciousness. I enjoyed reading this book a lot

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Matthew

Way to go Dr. Weil

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2013

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well done book. Dr. Weil talks about a taboo subject objectively and cleary. He is a Harvard student and knows what he is talking about from his own and others experience.

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Randy Mack

A classic

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A classic that has held up in a world that has rapidly expanded.

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