Standing at the origins of modern esotericism, this book is a true classic of paranormal research. In an unusually simple and clear way, understandable to everyone, Dr. Böck, exploring the evolution of consciousness, came to conclusions that rise to the level of the highest peaks of philosophical thought. He considered the real human form of consciousness to be transitional to another, higher form, which he called cosmic consciousness and the approach to which he already felt, foreseeing at the same time a new phase in the history of mankind. “Cosmic consciousness, Böck tells us, is what is in the East called Brahmic Radiance...” - Pyotr Demyanovich Uspensky respectfully quotes the author. The same Ouspensky is a student of Gurdjieff and the author of the “New Model of the Universe.” The Canadian physiologist and psychiatrist Richard Maurice Beck is the same era in esotericism as the American psychologist William James with his book “The Variety of Religious Experience,” which was published exactly after a year after the publication of Cosmic Consciousness.