This is a more dense, and illuminating book. Siegel, M.D., WW Norton and Company, 2017. Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Humanīy Daniel J. I enjoyed also wondering about how my own consciousness limits my experience, as well as being challenged in what I realized was a bias toward a human-centered view of experience. She does so by relating her experiences with octopuses, both in large Aquariums as well as in the wild, and the people who love them.Īlthough short on harder science, it is often a touching personal document.

She explores her conjectures about what it might be like to have a distributed consciousness (as some believe occurs in octopuses) rather than a Ego anchored, mostly brain limited consciousness like humans. Sy Montgomery, a naturalist, documentary scriptwriter and author, relates her personal experiences with octopuses (yes, that is the correct plural) and in doing so, creates a fantasia on the Wonderment of Consciousness. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” and, “Most of us are about as eager to change as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.” ~ James Baldwin “Not everything that is faced can be changed. In the Zeitgeist series, Wayne wades through a world of publications, theories, music, poems and more, sharing his thoughts, discoveries and passions with particular reference to topics that touch The Haven.

poetry by Antonio Machado and, music by Ben Harper.Ĭurated by Wayne Dodge. Wayne’s Zeitgeist series: The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness, by Sy Montgomery Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, by Daniel J.

The soul of an octopus book review