Processing Reality

“John Buchanan has searched the relevant literature with peculiar thoroughness in quest of a developed vision that does justice to both the objective and the subjective worlds. . . . For one who has been testing Whitehead in similar ways in other fields for fifty years, Buchanan’s enthusiasm is profoundly gratifying. It is hard to see what more can be asked of Whitehead before his thought will be recognized as having solved the need for a unified cosmology.”


—John Cobb, Claremont School of Theology, emeritus





“Ever found process thought—with the whole universe pulsing and sparkling in every quantum—a bit of a trip? John Buchanan confirms your suspicion! This irresistibly readable narrative of psychedelic exploration, of a long path ultimately sober and all the more visionary, opens a stunning new portal into our shared reality. We discover not just a remarkably lucid introduction to Whiteheadian theo-cosmology, but—aimed right at our self-destructive civilization—the chance of a spiritual awakening.”


—Catherine Keller, Drew University





“Occasionally, the story of a life is so well told that it draws you in, becoming your story. And occasionally, theory and personal experience are woven together so tightly that each sheds light on the other. Here, both happen. In understanding the author, one understands transpersonal psychology, process metaphysics, and (dare I say?) something of non-ordinary states, the mystical quest, and God. The result is one of the most compelling accounts of conscious and unconscious experience I have read in years.”


―Philip Clayton, Claremont School of Theology