Special High-Discount Offer
Two Embryology Books for Students and Practitioners in Medical Fields

Embryogenesis: Species, Gender, and Identity by Richard Grossinger
Embryogenesis is an unusual book in that it brings together a highly illustrated, practical embryology book in simple language, perfect for health practitioners, with a fascinating read on the history and philosophy of biological science. It discusses the various stages of embryonic development (meiosis, fertilization, blastula development, and gastrulation, and then the embryology of each of the human organs and organ systems in detail). It puts each of them in context, both in terms of its phylogeny: the evolutionary trajectory of cell-organized systems on Earth, and its ontogeny: the formation of individual organisms in the modern world.

There are 24 color plates, many of them commissioned uniquely for this volume, and several hundred black and white illustrations. The book is 950 pages hardcover, 8 ½ by 10.

While Embryogenesis summarizes the traditional materialistic scientific viewpoints about the origin and motifs of life, it also presents life in vitalistic and psychospiritual contexts, drawing on Buddhism, anthroposophy, and indigenous mythologies and cosmologies from across the planet. A chapter on healing explores the embryogenic basis for the effects of homeopathy, acupuncture, manual palpation, etc. Embryogenesis has been used by John Upledger in teaching craniosacral therapy and by Emilie Conrad in teaching Continuum.

Other sections provide discussions of diverse topics such as: the collaboration of microorganisms to invent the milieu of the cell; primatology and the origin of Homo Sapiens; the origin of sexuality and sexual organs; various perspectives on belief systems regarding death, the soul, reincarnation, and karma; possible relationships between spirit and incarnation in the developmental process of creatures; philosophical constructs underlying life and consciousness; the origin of language; the biological history of sexuality; biotechnology; creation myths; chaos theory; etc.

Early chapters through the middle of the book include:
The Original Earth;
The Materials of Life;
The First Beings;
The Cell;
The Genetic Code;
Sperm and Egg;
Fertilization;
The Blastula;
Gastrulation;
Morphogenesis;
Biological Fields;
Chaos, Fractals, and Deep Structure;
Ontogeny and Phylogeny; and Biotechnology.

A middle section includes:
The Origin of the Nervous System;
The Evolution of Intelligence;
Neurulation and the Human Brain;
Organogenesis;
The Musculoskeletal and Hematopoietic Systems;
Mind;
The Origin of Sexuality and Gender.

The final chapters are entitled:
Birth Trauma;
Healing;
Transsexuality, Intersexuality, and the Cultural Basis of Gender;
Self and Desire;
Spiritual Embryogenesis;
Cosmogenesis and Mortality;
Death and Reincarnation.

We are making this $75 book available to health-workers and their associates for 65% discount freight-free ($26.25). This includes only orders within the United States. Orders from outside the United States must be made through our office rather than on the website: aluckett@northatlanticbooks.com (or 510-549-4270 X20), and, unfortunately, freight must be paid on foreign orders.

Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings: How The Universe Makes Life is Richard Grossinger’s sequel to Embryogenesis. It offers two full chapters summarizing and analyzing the work of German outsider embryologist Erich Blechschmidt. Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings is 542 pages long with the Blechschmidt sections illustrated in black and white. Normally $18.95, this book is available with this offer for $6.63 freight free. It can be purchased with Embryogenesis or separately.

Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings also deals with theoretical issues arising out of Embryogenesis, including: the relationship between thermodynamics/entropy and the emergence of life; a speculative set of embryogenic principles for all creatures on all planets in the cosmos; an explanation and critique of Intelligent Design and a proposal for a more dynamic psychospiritual theory of creature development; a series of alternatives to genetic determinism; a discussion of the relationship between consciousness and matter; an interjection of 9/11 (which occurred during the writing of this book); and many other topics.

Chapters include:
What is Life?: Evolution, Thermodynamics, and Complexity;
Is There a Plan?: Creationism, Cultural Relativism, and Paraphysics; Biogenesis and Cosmogenesis: Cells, Genes, and Planets;
The Principles of Biological Design: Physical Forces in Nature;
The Dynamics of the Biosphere: Deep Time and Space;
The Limits of Genetic Determinism: Dimensionless Epigenetic Landscapes;
Topokinesis: Physical Forces in Development;
Tissue Motifs and Body Plans: Coordinating Form;
The Primordial Field: Metabiology and The Molecular Apparatus; Meaning and Destiny: The Relation of Consciousness to Matter.

This coupon is only for single copies by individuals.
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