The Esoteric Helen Keller

Book excerpt: The central theme of this book is Helen Keller's mind. Each chapter looks at her cognitive development through a different lens, including esotericism and the evolution of consciousness. Humanity in our era is facing unprecedented challenges as technological changes outpace the evolution of the human mind. Intellect alone will not save us from climate change, viral pandemics, the rise of the surveillance state, unfettered genetic experiments, synthetic biology, slaughter bots, drone warfare, uneducated masses who would vote again for Fascism, and endless patriarchal wars. We need to open the portals and let the life-affirming elves back in-that was Helen Keller's message to us; we need the magic powers of esotericism to balance the cold logic of artificial intelligence. The rare flower that was Helen Keller is now a universal memory; she is a role model for the rest of us, especially on the days when we are complaining about our lot in life. Whatever energy flowed through her-whatever we choose to call this mystery that brought forth the flower-it was positive energy, life-affirming, hopeful, and loving; it was also the source of Helen's unshakable Faith, a well-spring of inexplicable, intuitive energy that radiated from her essence. Somehow, the energy that entered her could also be radiated outward-almost everyone she met commented on her radiance. Undetected energy is constantly entering and leaving the human body, affecting our mind in subtle ways. This esoteric (hidden) energy must somehow be related to the functioning of the mind and to the evolution of human consciousness. How do human minds work? What is consciousness and how did it arise? The Esoteric Helen Keller is an exploration of cognitive evolution applied to the unfolding of Helen Keller's remarkable deaf-blind mind..