Joseph Chilton Pearce

Joseph Chilton Pearce is an author of a number of books on child development. He prefers the name "Joe". [Mercogliano, Chris and Debus, Kim, Interview. JOURNAL OF FAMILY LIFE magazine, Vol. 5 #1 1999] He has a master's degree. He presents the idea of the heart - or compassionate mind - as another categorization of brain function with equal stature as the thalamus, prefrontal cortex, and lower brain. [Peirsman (2006) p.14] He believes that active, imaginative play is the most important of all childhood activities because that cultivates a mastery of one's environment. He coins the term "creative competence" to discuss that mastery. Further, children without that form of play develop feeling of isolation and anxiety. [Rosemond (2001) p.218] He also believes that child parent bonding is important, and blames a lack of breast feeding and modern childbirth as both obstructive to that bonding. [Mercogliano (2003) p.191]

Bibliography

* "Exploring The Crack In The Cosmic Egg: Split Minds and Meta-Realities" (1974) and multiple later editions. ISBN 0-87097-063-1
* "Magical Child" (1977) ISBN 0-52515-035-8
* "The Bond of Power: Meditation and Wholeness" (1982) ISBN 0-71009-278-4
* "Magical Child Matures" (1985) ISBN 0-52524-329-1
* "Evolution's End: Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence" (1992) ISBN 0-06250-693-5
* "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality" (2002) ISBN 0-89281-994-4
* "The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit" (2002) ISBN 1-59477-016-6
* "Spiritual Initiation and the Breakthrough of Consciousness: The Bond of Power" (2003) ISBN 0-89281-995-2
* "Death of Religion and the Rebirth of Spirit: A Return to the Intelligence of the Heart " (2007) ISBN 1-59477-171-5

References

*Mercogliano, Chris (2003) "Teaching the Restless: One School's Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach" ISBN 0-80703-246-8
*Rosemond, John (2001) "New Parent Power!" ISBN 0-74071-415-5
*Peirsman, Etienne and Peirsman, Neeto (2006) "Craniosacral Therapy for Babies and Small Children" ISBN 1-55643-597-5
* [http://www.eomega.org/omega/faculty/viewProfile/ccfae900dd92fecafb1653c817661ec3/ Biography at Omega Institiute]
* [http://www.appliedmeditation.org/The_Heart/articles_joseph_chilton_pearce.shtml Institute for Applied Meditation : Interview with Joseph Chilton Pearce]
* [http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/JCP98.html Waking Up To The Holographic Heart : Joseph Chilton Pearce 1998 Interview]
* [http://www.ttfuture.org/services/joseph_pearce/main.htm Touch The Future : Bio page and links]