{"product_id":"recursive-spirit-9798233862229","title":"Recursive Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kirill Vasilchenko\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Kirill Vasilchenko\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Kirill Vasilchenko\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA psychiatrist reads Castaneda, doesn't believe a word - and starts finding confirmation in neuroscience, clinical practice, and twenty thousand neural networks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecursive Spirit is the story of a double diagnosis: every discovery about the mind forces the author to run a differential on himself. Is this an insight - or am I becoming my own patient?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with breathing and the word 'spirit, ' moves through neural networks, philosophy of mind, rehab centers, rocket attacks and night shifts as a security guard with Castaneda on a phone - and ends with the answer to the question worth the entire journey: what distinguishes a mage from a paranoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answer: calibration. The ability to stop, check, and continue. Or not continue - if the check says don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not an argument for magic. This is not an argument against science. This is an argument that a person who speaks both languages sees more than a person who speaks one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe freedom costs loneliness. The loneliness is part of the territory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kirill Vasilchenko","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47775978881175,"sku":"9798233862229","price":1402.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233862229.webp?v=1777993575","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/recursive-spirit-9798233862229","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}