Philip Shepherd is the author of New Self New World, an exposition about our journey into a head-centric culture, one in which we have no choice but to experience ourselves and the world as separate entities. Shepherd’s message is about integrating our nearly-forgotten body-centered consciousness with our rational, thought-based one. This integration doesn’t deny the benefits of our rationality, but, rather, argues for the paradigm-breaking possibilities of an integrated consciousness; a consciousness deeply and urgently needed in the world today.