Foreword / Robert A. F. Thurman
Preface / Helmut Wautischer
Introduction / Stanley Krippner
pt. 1. Expanding the ontological matrix
The emptying of ontology : the Tibetan tantric view / E Richard Sorenson
The soul and communication between souls / Edith L. B. Turner
Consciousness and reality in Nahua thought in the era of the conquest / James Maffie
Pre-Columbian artistic expressions of indigenous concepts of soul in cross-cultural perspective / Armand J. Labbé
Why one is not another : the brain-mind problem in Byzantine culture / Antoine Courban
Soul and paideia : on the philosophical value of a dialectical relation / Michael Polemis
pt. 2. Localizing subjective action
Language and the evolution of the human mind / Hubert Markl
Consciousness cannot be explained in terms of specific neuronal types and circumscribed neuronal networks / Mircea Steriade
Consciousness as a relation between material bodies / Pavel B. Ivanov
The priority of local observation and local interpretation in evaluating the "spirit hypothesis" / David J. Hufford
Effects of relativistic motions in the brain and their physiological relevance / Mariela Szirko
A palindrome : Conscious living creatures as instruments of nature; Nature as an instrument of conscious living creatures / Mario Crocco
pt. 3. Experience of existence
The evolution of consciousness in Sri Aurobindo's cosmopsychology / Matthijs Cornelissen
An existentialist understanding of consciousness / Julia Watkin
Toward an ontology of consciousness with Nicolai Hartmann and Hans Jonas / Karim Akerma
Thinking like a stone : learning from the Zen rock garden / Graham Parkes
The concept of person in African thought : a dialogue between African and Western philosophies / Heinz Kimmerle
Of Indian god-men and miracle-makers : the case of Sathya Sai Baba / Erlendur Haraldsson
Sentient intelligence : consciousness and knowing in the philosophy of Xavier Zubiri / Thomas B. Fowler
Ontology of consciousness : reflections on human nature / Thomas Szasz
Epilogue / Christian de Quincey.
