Bucke's 'Cosmic Consciousness'

Richard Maurice Bucke, superintendent of the London, Ontario asylum and friend of Walt Whitman, published 'Cosmic Consciousness' in 1901 after an experience of illumination in 1872.

1901 CE · 42.98, -81.25 · status: account

The account

He argued that sudden mystical awakening was the next step in human evolution, citing Buddha, Paul, Whitman and others. The book shaped William James and much later New Age writing.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Richard Maurice Bucke