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At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the philosopher George Berkeley proposed the idea that "to be is to be perceived." This was a denial of the traditional and popular temporal-spatial separation of consciousness from its content. For under Berkeley's interpretation, everything perceived was to be understood as either in the mind of the individual or in the mind of God. It was God who provided material experience with its order and universal application, coordinating individual experiences into a single reality. This was accomplished, not through the senses, but within the perceiving mind of each person.Though Berkeley's ideas were accorded recognition as a magnificent tour de force by those who understood them in terms of their philosophical achievement, they were not appreciated by the general public and had little impact on them. Such has been the case for three hundred years. But recent developments in quantum science have once again raised questions concerning the boundary between mind and perception.The present work is not a defense of any scientific view. Rather, it is an independent examination of the relationship between consciousness and experience. It takes a close look at what is generally conceived as mind and, in doing so, observes the active role of consciousness in constructing the details of perception, imagination, and reason from impressions which make their appearance within an individual person's awareness. Thus, though their approach is unique to George Tollefson, the three volumes presented here revisit Berkeley's fundamental idea of mind as a sole source of experience. However, it is the author's view that there is but one universal consciousness, self-limiting as to the content supplied to each person's awareness. The limitation of that content is what creates an individual mind without violating the unity of consciousness. The System of the Mind explains why this is and explores the implications of this approach.

Short stories set in Old New Mexico, many based on actual people or events. Includes:That Damn Mule - A green-broke mule balks at the rain-slicked shale on a narrow mountain path.That'll Teach 'Em - A group of trappers encounters Apaches in the Gila wilderness.They Were My Friends - A tale of friendship and betrayal during the Taos uprising against American occupation.Decisions - A young woman must find a way to cross cultural barriers and marry the Pueblo man she loves.Obsessions - An Episcopal Methodist missionary interferes in Maxwell Land Grant Company politics and suffers the consequences.

Suzanna hates everything about her New Mexico mountain home. The isolation. The short growing season. The critters after her corn. The long snow-bound winters in a dimly-lit cabin.But she loves Gerald, who loves this valley.So Suzanna does her unhappy best to adjust, even when the babies come, both of them in the middle of winter. Her postpartum depression, the cold, and the lack of sunlight push her to the edge.But the Sangre de Cristo mountains contain a menace far more dangerous than Suzanna's internal struggles. The man Gerald killed in the mountains of the Gila two years ago isn't as dead as everyone thought.And his lust for Suzanna may be even stronger than his desire for Gerald's blood.

The Immaterial Structure of Human Experience is a philosophical work, a system. It is a quest into the workings of the human mind from the perspective of epistemology and philosophy of mind. Focusing on human experience from a subjective point of view, it does not attempt the kind of empirical approach which would be centered in the senses, as would be the case with one of the sciences.Instead, the book argues that although we experience our conscious awareness as enclosed within and conditioned by material circumstances, it can best be understood as an immediate and instantaneous expression of spirit.This immaterialist approach has two goals. First, to establish a broadened empiricism that includes and is centered upon the experience of consciousness, and second, to demonstrate the priority of spirit over matter. It is a new approach to the question, "How do we know what we know?"

Just a man.Known for his character, not the color of his skin.That's all Gerald, son of a free black man and an Irish servant girl, wants to be.It's an impossible goal in slave-holding Missouri, but in the West, mountain men and villagers alike seem to accept him without question.New Mexico is all that Gerald hoped for, but shortly after he arrives in Taos, he realizes he wants more than he'd thought: A girl with her own complex ancestry and a high mountain valley with intriguing potential.To make either dream possible, Gerald needs to earn something more than a scratch living. The only way to do that is to trap beaver. It's a tough way to earn cash and the wilderness is an unforgiving place.Can Gerald survive the Sangre de Cristo mountains, the Mohave Indians, and the arid south rim of the Grand Canyon as well as the fellow trapper who hates him for the color of his skin? Can he prove to himself and the girl he loves that he is, after all, not just any man?

Through the millennia, Christianity has focused on the cross and resurrection. But Jesus did have a teaching mission. What was he trying to convey? Did a unified vision inform his parables and sayings? This book examines the text to answer these questions.

At the foot of a lonely mountain pass between Taos and Elizabethtown, a single log cabin huddles under the pines. Travelers are invited inside to stop, rest, and eat.But they should be careful how they look at the young woman who serves them. Her husband, Charles Kennedy, is subject to jealous rages.At least, he says that's why he kills the unwary: It's all Gregoria's fault.Based on a true story.