human evolution, diet, brainwaves and sleep, drugs and super powers.... fascinating read...

As I was reading this book I said to my husband this is one of the best books I have read and I read a lot! I finished the book and still feel this way. It just made so much common sense!

It is well written, easy to follow and hard to put down. A Damn good read. I have passed the book on and hope that the meassage it has to give is spread far and wide so that further research can be done.

Thank you Tony and Graeme for all your valuable work - I wish you well in continuing to help us all make sense of "life" so that our world can only be a better place for future generations.

Janet New Zealand

What an incredible book. Literally, mind-blowing. The central idea explains everything about people that ever puzzled me or niggled the back of my mind.

If you have any unease about 'progress' - any concern for the ecological future of the world - if you care about the next generation - if you wonder what it means to have a moment of intuition, or a 'spiritual experience', or 'know' that someone is looking at you - if you are wondering where humanity went wrong - read this book. If this idea is right, the mess that we are in is not our fault, but we still desperately need to fix it.

In our lifetimes we will probably never know for sure if the theory contained here is right or wrong. But just realizing that this MIGHT be true, changes everything for me. I can see what I was doing right, what was wrong, what is important and what needs to be dropped.

The description may make this book sound academic and perhaps difficult - but it is NOT. The idea is very well explained in simple terms, all the supporting arguments are clear and the scientific theory is there if you want it. Any reasonably intelligent person could follow it easily.

Most of us are floundering through our lives, trying to act for the best without ever knowing exactly what the best is. We are always half-conscious of something lacking but we either have no idea what it is or we chase after things that, when we get them, turn out not to fill the gap after all. Other people seem to be complete - but to ourselves, we don't - and we never quite feel we fit in.

Wnat to know why?

Expand your universe - read Wright & Gynn's explanation.

I only wish this was more widely distributed. It should be in Amazon etc.

Listen to interview with Tony Wright about the book on New Zealand radio.
Part 1 here:
http://kaleidos.org.uk/DOWNLOADS/part one.mp3
Part 2 here:
http://kaleidos.org.uk/DOWNLOADS/part two.mp3
(copy and paste links into a new window in your browser)

One the great puzzles of primate evolution has been the explosive evolution of the anomalous human brain. Another aspect of evolution usually ignored or overlooked by evolutionary biologists has been the certain impact of bioactive plant secondary metabolites, abundant in the omnivorous diet of foraging primates, on the evolution of human cognition, as well as physiological and neurological adaptations. The authors of Left in the Dark have proposed a stunningly innovative and challenging theory that neatly ties together these issues and provides plausible, rational, and scientifically insightful explanations for many of the most persistent mysteries surrounding the evolution of the human brain, cognitive and cultural evolution, and human brain anomalies. The authors also show how human interactions and adaptations to plant secondary compounds continue to profoundly influence individual human development, human behavior, and contemporary societal evolution. The authors have made an ambitious and well-crafted argument, and have done so in an engaging manner that will be comprehensible to any intelligent layman, and will also be of interest to anthropologists, evolutionary biologists, cognitive psychologists, neurophysiologists, ethnobotanists, and virtually anyone else who has ever wondered how humans evolved to be the way we are.

Tim Varley

A truly seminal piece of writing . . . ties together very succinctly diverse esoteric ideologies with a solid underpinning of factual observations from the fields of neurophysiology, psychology and much more.

I look forward to seeing where practical application of some of the ideas mentioned can lead us.

I would have rated this book ****** if I could work out how to do it!

Function. Diet. Chemistry. Psychology. Sociology. Anthropology. Creativity. Ecology.


EXTRAORDINARY.


This book manages to explain the link between all of these and more and the effects our tragic inherited loss of function has and is increasingly having on us. It takes us to the edge of our potentiality and exposes the inherent key for profound and sustainable change from the inside out.


It is fascinating and engaging reading, written in digestible sections with a balance of scientific information, explanation, personal experience and the odd lacing of dry humour to highlight the message.


It gave me a real sense and explanation of hunches I've had in my work and life, with lots of new ground as 'food for thought'.

With deep thanks,

Ruth Boulton
Music Therapist

Left in the Dark sheds LIGHT on what can only be described as perfect sense about our human nature. The ideas are cutting edge and could transform society if were were to implement them in our day to day lives. It provides hope that humanity isn't destined for disaster. The choice, however, is always ours. Will we seek to honour our biological needs or go on suppressing them? I fully endorse the authors' intentions, research and conclusions, and can't recommend the book highly enough. It should be mandatory reading for anyone involved in medicine, psychology, biology and nutrition. EXCELLENT and gripping. Veronika Robinson, Editor, The Mother magazine www.themothermagazine.co.uk

When I first read left in the dark I was awestruck. Through a true piece of right brain inspiration he has possibly stumbled on the single most important discovery ever made: that our left brains are a damaged counterpart of the right. Not only that but he explores in detail the possible biological causes as well as consequences theological, social and individual. He also poses some enthralling ideas to remedy the situation.

As a supposedly rational atheist I have often had trouble reconciling my 'spiritual' experiences with my world view. Tony's book gave me a way through this. A year on from my first reading of left in the dark I am still grateful for the insight it has given me into the human condition. I hope and suspect that this is the starting point for a revolution in the way we think about ourselves - not as the pinnacle of evolution but simply as a species that made it this far (and by the skin of our teeth at that).

Oh and did I mention it is beautifully and entertainingly written? Good luck guys:-)

I HAVE READ MANY BOOKS, AND DONE LOTS OF RESEARCH IN THE REALMS OF, SPIRITUALITY, AND HUMAN PHYSICS... HOW WE AND THE UNIVERSE WORKS, LEFT IN THE DARK IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE READ. IT IS FULL OF RIVETING CONTENT AND IS HARD TO PUT DOWN,THE FRESH IDEAS AND CONCLUSIONS SPEAK LOUDLY, AND "ring true" THE BOOK IS ALSO SUPERBLY RITTEN AND VERY ACCESSABLE.
A MUST READ BOOK.

I have never come across a paradigm that fitted so many others into its context.

Not only is it the most comprehensive, science-based understanding of current human nature, but it is also the most reverential.

Offering the highest degree of credible research from numerous fields it shows why Humans are the most inventive of creatures, and cites us with great powers beyond our current knowledge, but also, why we are the most destructive, and in the most stupid of ways.

Fields of research as diverse as these typically do not meet, but Tony's work is forcing a new era, whereby all sciences must find grounds upon which to agree if we are to survive the current epoch.

Ahead of his time, but not a moment to soon. It is time to ask why Humans are so disconnected, greedy and harbouring, to the point of mass genocide.

If we are indeed nature's greatest achievement, then where is the evidence of our abundance and wisdom?

The starving millions, standing in mounds of recyclable plastic, doesn't seem to show such a rosy picture as we would like, so we just ignore it. Why ?

Or are we really, as the book suggests, in the greatest mass dillusion of all time. That actually, what we see as the peaks of our intellectual abilities are driven by our insatiable needs, created in turn by our unprecedented sense of disconnection and loneliness.

Tony's book not only highlights the most terrible depth of our situation, but also brings to bare the great hope that exists from understanding the problem.

The most encompassing, traumatic and yet hopeful book I have even read.

If the theory is correct, and it is highly highly plausible and backed by a good deal of research, then there is a very bright light being shed onto the human story. Not only a new theory of evolution , but an explanation of the utter madness that prevails in the human condition.
Beyond all this there is a possible solution that can lead is from the dark and return us to a state of grace.
The research in the tradition of all great research and insights leads to a stream of highly intriguing questions, which n deserve global attention. If we follow this book and regard its contents as a true perspective on reality then it must surely inspire us to change how we live as individuals and as a society.
Get hold of a copy. Read it, read it again pass it on get your friends to buy it.
Then when you have accepted it, use it as a stepping stone on a journey of transformation and add a drop of sanity to the world.

Surprised not to find this in the top sellers list! I Give it a five star rating! and encourage anyone interested in living life alive in joy and conscious awareness to Order it.

This is a book for those of us seriously interested in our potential, our expression in the world and with each other.

The book covers in depths study into human potential conscious awareness, through varying channels of discussion too numerous to mention.

Anyone who 'knows there is more' deserves to read this book. Its a wonderful experience, and a great gift for those we love and cherish!

This is cutting edge information! cutting edge potential. What is it all about. Well just order it and read, you will be blown away.

Your heart will sing in resonance. I know it will. Mine did!
I felt a true sense of commitment and dedication from Tony.

Did you know!? he has just completed an 11 day quest into exploring consciousness without sleeping.
How amazing is that!

Breaking a world record and evoking global attention and much media coverage - Tonys work is more than record breaking! Its a life commitment and dedication to get information out there for us all.

Supported and cherished by his family and friends Tony is blasting through barriers. He is doing the work and sharing the treasure.

Do read the book, I feel so excited and I want for you to be touched too.

The content is too orgasmically precious to talk about, You dont need reasons, just trust your heart, go with the flow and order it.

In ordering the book I was blessed with learning and at the same time the joy that comes from supporting a pioneering endeavour.

Enjoy it, let us know what you think about it.
Lets get this book into the top sellers list. WHY - cause we care and we deserve! to read it.

In vibrant love to all those who feel the light and attune with the wisdom - I know you will want to order this book.
In love and joy.
Ruth.

The most radical book ever written. It's been a long time coming but worth the wait - all 200,000 years of it. It shows us something else, something better - what, deep inside ourselves, we have all been looking for - and shows us how we might start to find the way back.
Deepest appreciation.
Holly