Multisensory Human. Kathy L. Callahan

      

       MultisensoryHuman

       MultisensoryHuman

       Evolution of the Soul

      by Kathy L. Callahan, Ph.D.

      Copyright © 1996, 2005

      by Kathy L. Callahan, Ph.D.

      (Portions formerly published as Our Origin and Destiny)

      1st Printing, April 2005

      Printed in the U.S.A.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

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      Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      Callahan, Kathy L. (Kathy Lynn), 1953-

      Multisensory human : evolution of the soul / Kathy L. Callahan.

      p. cm.

      Rev. ed. of: Our origin and destiny. ©1996

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 0-87604-487-9 (trade pbk.)

      1. Prophecies (Occultism). 2. Creation—Miscellanea. 3. Human evolution—Miscellanea. 4. Cayce, Edgar, 1877-1945, Edgar Cayce readings. I. Callahan, Kathy L. (Kathy Lynn), 1953- Our origin and destiny. II. Title.

      BF1791.C34 2005

      130–dc22

      2005008492

      Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

      by the Edgar Cayce Foundation.

      All rights reserved.

      Cover design by Richard Boyle

       Contents

       List of Tables and Figures

       Introduction to the Revised Edition

       Part One: The Microcosmic View

       1 Our Spiritual Origins: Creation of the Soul

       2 Our Physical Heritage: Creation of the Human Body

       3 Our Mental Legacy: The Evolution of Human Consciousness

       4 Three in One: Body, Mind, and Soul

       5 Biological Evolution: Emergence of the Multisensory Human

       6 Cognitive Evolution: Perception and Human Consciousness

       Part Two: The Macrocosmic View

       7 World Culture Today

       8 Ancient Prophecies, Modern Visions: Predictions for a Changing World

       9 Understanding the Nature of Prophecy

       10 Of Monkeys and Butterflies

       Notes

       Selected References

       List of Tables and Figures

Table 1.	The Devolution of the Soul
Table 2.	The Hominid Lineage
Table 3.	The Evolution of Human Consciousness
Table 4.	The Spiral of Human Consciousness
Table 5.	Prophetic Convergence
Figure 1.	The Chakra System
Figure 2.	A Model of Multisensory Perception
Figure 3.	The Mayan Calendar System
Figure 4.	The Great Pyramid of Gizeh

       Introduction to the Revised Edition

      IT has been nearly a decade since I first began the research for this book, originally published as Our Origin and Destiny, an Evolutionary Perspective on the New Millennium. In the intervening ten years, there have been a great many changes in our world on many fronts. Our worldview has certainly changed, in geopolitical, economic, and social terms. Equally important, although less recognized, is how our perception of ourselves, as the human species, is changing. A new self-view of humanity is emerging, a view that embraces three primary ideas:

      1) We are threefold beings, possessing a physical body, a mental faculty called mind, and a spiritual aspect, known as the soul.

      2) We are multisensory beings who possess more than five physical senses; as a species we are beginning to manifest sensory abilities that connect the mental world of thought with the spiritual world of energy.

      3) We are creative beings who can consciously direct our creative abilities in the physical, mental, and spiritual realms; we create our future.

      These three concepts were the focus of my original work, as I sought to examine humanity’s origins, so