Rossi, E. L. (2007). The breakout heuristic: The neuroscience of mirror neurons, consciousness and human creativity.  Phoenix, AZ: The Milton Erickson Foundation Press.

The work of Ernest Lawrence Rossi covers a great deal of terrain from four decades.  It includes the study of the function of dreams as a precursor to psychic growth, the compilation and editing of Milton Erickson’s collected works, and work on chronobiology and genetic functioning in psychotherapy and hypnosis.  Before now, much of it could only be obtained by gathering it from various and diverse sources.  With The Breakout Heuristic Rossi does a great service in collecting many of his most important articles and book chapters from the past forty years.

The book is divided into four sections: The Breakout Heuristic: Daily Updates of Our Brain; Dreams and the Creation of Consciousness; The Epiphanies of Therapeutic Hypnosis; and Art, Beauty, and Truth in Human Relationships.  Each is prefaced with an overview by Rossi. » Read the rest of this entry «