Time Expansion Experiences: The Psychology of Time Perception and the Illusion of Linear Time

Have you ever been in an accident and felt that time slowed down? Have you felt time stretch radically, or even apparently disappear, in a state of deep meditation?

Psychologist Dr Steve Taylor calls these Time Expansion Experiences, and in this book he shares his years of research into this life-changing phenomenon.

Most of us will have experienced a TEE, an experience of time slowing down in an extreme situation, and yet it is a phenomenon that has never been fully explored or explained - until now.

Psychologist Dr. Steve Taylor has spent several years analysing "time expansion experiences" (or TEEs), after collecting hundreds of reports. He has also found many examples of "time cessation experiences" (or TCEs), in which time appears to disappear altogether. In this book he shares the fascinating psychology and shared features behind all of these case studies, coming to an incredible conclusion: TEEs are a real altered state of consciousness, rather than a trick of recollection. Not only this, but TEEs and TCEs are almost always positive, with a sense of calm well-being, clarity and heightened awareness. In this ground-breaking book, discover profound implications:

• What do unusual states of consciousness such as mystical experiences, psychedelic experiences, and near-death experiences tell us about time and consciousness?
• What can the countless reports of "life review" - when people view a whole lifetime of events and experiences within a few seconds - tell about the past, present and the future?
• What does modern physics have to say about the idea that linear time is illusory?
• If our perception of time is an illusion, is it possible to speed up and slow down time at will, including inducing TEEs?

Author: Steve Taylor
Publisher: Watkins Publishing
Published: 11/19/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
ISBN: 9781786788467

About the Author
Steve Taylor PhD is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University, and the author of several books on psychology and spirituality. He is the current chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. He is the author of 12 previous books, mostly in the field of psychology and spirituality, including Making Time, The Fall, Out of the Darkness, Back to Sanity and The Leap. He has a thriving worldwide readership, with his books published in 20 languages. He regularly gives talks in the UK, Europe and US. He also regularly takes parts in debates, including at the Bluedot Science festival, and the 'How the Light Gets in' festival of Arts and Ideas in Hay-on-Wye. He appears regularly in the media in the UK, including on BBC Breakfast, BBC World TV, Radio 5 etc. www.stevenmtaylor.com