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By Michael Murphy. 785 pp. Los Angeles, Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1992. $30. ISBN 0-87477-686-4.

In this book Michael Murphy, cofounder of the Esalen Institute and an activist in the "human potential movement" for 30 years, presents an encyclopedic overview of extraordinary human physical, mental, and spiritual capacities. In 785 pages with more than 1000 footnotes and 3000 references, he surveys the oral and written histories of ancient and modern cultures as well as contemporary scientific studies of exceptional functioning. As an accurate summary of this vast literature, his book is unmatched in either scope or scholarship. Murphy's editorializing on the meaning of these extraordinary abilities, however, while true to the spirit of the popular . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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