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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is synchronicity as formulated by Jung and Pauli?

2. What is the 7th brain circuit called?

3. How does Wilson claim to be able to predict people's responses to conspiracy theories?

4. What is the basic choice when operating on the 2nd circuit?

5. What does Robert K.G. Temple say is the cosmic trigger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would pull the "cosmic trigger," according to Robert Temple in the Sirius Mystery?

2. What effect did poverty have on Wilson's understanding?

3. How is the fifth brain circuitry activated?

4. What theory does Dr. Paul Segall believe he was first to develop that is now used by numbers of investigators?

5. What does Bell's Theorem suggest about the Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky demonstration?

6. What does astronomer Robert Temple learn about the African Dogon tribe that is hard to explain?

7. What remark of Oscar Ichazo's helped Wilson endure the death of his daughter Luna?

8. How were the pivotal events in Nikolas Tesla's life parallel to events in the life of Gopi Krishna?

9. What caused Wilson to become fearless?

10. What does the Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky demonstration indicate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Wilson's statement, "Belief is the death of intelligence." Include quotations from the text, such as, "The more one believes, the less there is to think about." Do you agree or disagree that belief prevents thought? Use examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Wilson contends that paranormal experiences can be explained as influences from other planets, influences from other times or dimensions, influences from our own brain circuitry, or some combination of those things. Which explanation do you find most convincing? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Timothy Leary is quoted by Wilson as quoting Haeckel's saying that "ontology recapitulates phylogeny." The individual's development repeats, step-by-step, the evolution of the species. In your essay, analyze and explain this idea.

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