The Neanderthal Legacy: Reawakening Our Genetic and Cultural Origins

by Gooch, Stan

• ISBN13: 9781594771859
• ISBN10: 1594771855
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-18
• Publisher: Inner Traditions

Summary

A direct appeal for a revolution in our educational system to restore the connection with our Neanderthal heritage

• Examines the genetic evidence for Neanderthal/Cro-Magnon crossbreeding and the dual-nature effects this hybrid cross produced

• Explains the influence of the Neanderthal’s enlarged cerebellum on our modern brain function and psychic and paranormal abilities

In The Neanderthal Legacy, eminent psychologist and paranormal researcher Stan Gooch brings together the wide-ranging investigative strands of his lifetime of study of the human brain. One of the world’s leading experts on the influence of Neanderthal Man on the cultural and biological development of humanity, Gooch contends that the Neanderthals’ enlarged cerebellum was a source of deep connection with the psychic and dream worlds, which remains extant in modern man in paranormal phenomena that conventional science cannot explain.

Gooch offers new scientific evidence of the crossbreeding between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons that is responsible for the dichotomous nature of our feelings, thoughts, impressions, beliefs, and even our cultural mores and politics. The “hybrid vigor” produced by this mating has gifted modern man with abilities and sensibilities that the scientific establishment and conventional educational system entirely ignore. The author explores the legacy of our Neanderthal ancestors in an effort to awaken their virtues and qualities, which are so needed in our modern world.

Author Biography

Stan Gooch began his career as a highly regarded psychological researcher who studied the evolution and history of the brain in his books Total Man and Personality and Evolution. His research on paranormal influences and Neanderthal culture appear in his books The Dream Culture of the Neanderthals, The Origins of Psychic Phenomena, The Double Helix of the Mind, Cities of Dreams, and The Secret Life of Humans. He lives in Wales.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Preface	p. vii
Our Missing History
Our Denial of Thirteen	p. 2
Left: Left Out	p. 8
Our Denial of Menstruation	p. 20
All Fairy Tales Are True	p. 31
Menstruation Was, in Fact, the First Religion	p. 41
Cro-Magnon vs. Neanderthal-Then Cro-Magnon Plus Neanderthal	p. 59
You/We Are a Hybrid Species	p. 65
Our Missing Psychology
Cerebrum and Cerebellum	p. 76
Some of the Creative Powers of the Cerebellum	p. 80
Proof of Psychic Abilities in Humans and Animals	p. 96
Two Brains-and Two Universes	p. 118
The Madness of Science Equals the Madness of Religion	p. 124
Conclusion: And Finally...	p. 129
The Sphinx	p. 133
Becoming a Medium	p. 155
In Praise of Stan Gooch's Work	p. 166
Selected Bibliography	p. 173
Index	p. 176
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