Trance Zero: The Psychology of Maximum Experience

As a full time student, part-time worker, and volunteer, I usually never write online reviews due to extreme time constraints, but I was so disturbed by the two bad reviews for this book that I felt that I must write at least a short review to counter them. I read this book several months ago so it is not fresh in my mind and thus I will be unable to offer specific points about it. But I do remember that I was hugely impressed by this book. The ideas in it gave me a much better understanding of social groups, culture, and human nature in general. These new understandings spilled over into my understanding and views on history and contemporary issues and even my own life and the people who populate my life. Also, the author writes in a clear and straight forward manner which keeps the pages turning quickly.

I bought this book wanting to find out how to do hypnosis, and figuring it would give me the right theoretical+practical basis. The information was so good I felt no need to go on to practice "hypnosis". For the first time I saw someone dissect and analyze "group minds", how we human beings act together as cells of separate "organisms", and what the properties of these organisms are and how they evolve and act, as well as how we influence each other. It changed my whole perspective on how I deal with others. You don't need hypnosis when, by understanding humans, you can just act normally and get the same benefits.This book is a must read. I think it should be required reading for everyone before they leave high school. Did you know that some "group mind" organisms have "lived" for more than a thousand years? And many of these group minds live out their lifespans undetected, unrecognized as such by their component "cells" (us humans)?