Paraphysics   This is Michael's undergraduate thesis for his bachelors degree in Philosophy from Sonoma State University in California.  It covers research into both Western and Eastern Philosophy, parapsychology, and consciousness.  There are also references to science fiction, as a source of imaginative and fertile ideas.   The paper presents an attempt to synthesize an organizing framework for a wide variety of intriguing concepts and investigations spanning human intellectual and spiritual history.  It was intended as a catalyst for further thought and discussion, reflecting youthful enthusiasm, rather than as a scientifically rigorous treatise. Paraphysics