The Flip

Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge

By: Jeffrey J. Kripal

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

“One of the most provocative new books of the year, and, for me, mindblowing.” - Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind

“Kripal makes many sympathetic points about the present spiritual state of America.... [He] continues to believe that spirituality and science should not contradict each other.” - New York Times Book Review

“Kripal prompts us to reflect on our personal assumptions, as well as the shared assumptions that create and maintain our institutions.... [His] work will likely become more and more relevant to more and more areas of inquiry as the century unfolds. It may even open up a new space for Americans to reevaluate the personal and cultural narratives they have inherited, and to imagine alternative futures.” - Los Angeles Review of Books

A “flip,” writes Jeffrey J. Kripal, is “a reversal of perspective,” “a new real,” often born of an extreme, life-changing experience. The Flip is Kripal’s ambitious, visionary program for unifying the sciences and the humanities to expand our minds, open our hearts, and negotiate a peaceful resolution to the culture wars. Combining accounts of rationalists’ spiritual awakenings and consciousness explorations by philosophers, neuroscientists, and mystics within a framework of the history of science and religion, Kripal compellingly signals a path to mending our fractured world.

©2019 Jeffrey J. Kripal. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“A warmly vivid account of various science-minded people who have experienced the ‘Flip’.... Passionate and often funny.” (Guardian)

“[The Flip] will ignite conversations about the limits of science and the potential for dramatic shifts in perspective.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Offers plenty of points to ponder.” (Kirkus Reviews

Good. But Kripal over sold it.

Good book overall. The author does a good job of presenting the evidence for the metaphysical experience of consciousness. But he lost me when he started drawing conclusions concerning the meaning of this experience. Kripal’s long winded explanation for it all might drain all the joy out of transcendence. I would rather be lead to the mystery and interpret meaning for myself.

it's okay short and sweet

worth listening to however I can't recall anything from this book..enjoy kripal now and now

The Marriage of the Mystical to Scientific Materialism

This brilliant masterpiece travels from the ancient Greeks, Biblical myths, cosmology quantum physics and beyond. Jeffrey Kripal has penned several outstanding books. The work is his absolute best. It is very readable, to the point and relatively brief, while teaming with ageless wisdom and future knowledge. Reward yourself with the great work that will definitely present you with new and stunning revelations.

Essential Reading

One of the most important books in print (and audio format!) today.

Boldly - and gracefully - challenges deeply embedded assumptions of diverse intellectual circles (including both the sciences and humanities) and invites us all into a deeper, humbler, more charitable - and not to mention wildly thrilling and exciting - vision for the future of knowledge.

And on a personal level, I am extremely grateful for this work: my background encompasses some of the fields Kripal speaks to, and the book has helped me immensely in integrating a recent flip experience of my own.

Thank you, Jeffrey Kripal.

Concise and powerful.

A well articulated view from the edge of human knowledge. Inspiring and carefully thought through. Well worth a listen.

Interesting subject, terrible narrator

I was looking forward to this book but could not handle the narrator’s voice - it would be great for movie previews but after 30 seconds it’s just too much. Will just have to pick up the print version to finish.

Scholarly, entertaining, Informative

Expect lots of note taking... well worth the time. Nicely sprinkled with Historical tidbits, too!

Home run for Consciousness!

Eventually we must arrive at a generic model of Reality with Consciousness firmly at its basis.
Your Perception of the material world is real.
The material world is not.

Grand heaven 🤯

this book was extremely enlightening and mind blowing.
I appreciate all the research that went into the evolution of this literature. I'd like to have more conversations of enlightenment about it.

Just other people’s work cited throughout

Junk avoid. This book simply combines what other people have said in to a series of points the author tries to sell as their own. Total crap.