An account of how quantum physics is putting forward ideas that confirm the perceived beliefs of mystics who think the world is an illusion

Michael Talbot (1953-1992) was a writer whose other books include Beyond the Quantum and The Holographic Universe.

Part 1 Consciousness and reality: observer and participant; a holographic model of consciousness. Part 2 The structure of space-time: superspace; beyond the light cone; the shape of time. Part 3 Mysticism and the new physics: tantra and quantum theory; the interpenetrating universes; the reality-structurer; the new cosmology; an afternote on language.