Table Of Contents:

List of Figures vii

List of Tables xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1(4)

PART ONE: The Scientific Perspective

A Brief Discussion of Psychological Type Theory 5(14)

Energy and Jung's Notion of the One-Sided Personality 10(9)

A Neuropsychology of Talent 19(20)

Definitions and Tools 21(5)

Laterality: The One-Sidedness of Talent 26(13)

A Neuropsychological Approach to Abilities in Writing, Music and Visual Art 39(38)

Literary and Musical Abilities, and the Cognitive Shift 41(10)

Graphic Skills in Non-Artists and Artists 51(8)

Shifting and Graphic Style 59(5)

Shifting in Genius, ``Insanity'' and Cognitive Development 64(13)

A Talent-Deficit Theory of Giftedness 77(50)

A Biological Theory of Talent Development 79(8)

The Verbal-Nonverbal Spectrum of Talent 87(4)

Deficits and Disorders in the Talented 91(2)

The Etiology of Talent: Heredity, Illness, Injury 93(2)

Gender and Handedness in Talent 95(2)

Precocity, Puberty and the Environment 97(3)

Strategy, Obsession and Mental Illness in Talent 100(12)

For Further Study: A Periodic Table of Personality, Talent and Disease 112(15)

Toward a Model of the Relationships Between Type, Talent and Disease 127(26)

Hypotheses 129(13)

Anecdotal Evidence 142(11)

PART TWO: The Spiritual Perspective

Reinventing the Wheel of Cognition and Disease: Type and Chakra Theory 153(16)

Reinventing the Wheel of Cognition and Disease: Type and Taoism 169(16)

Reinventing the Wheel of Cognition and Disease: Type and the Native Medicine Wheel 185(24)

Reinventing the Wheel of Cognition and Disease: Order, Chaos and the Sundial Wheel 209(30)

Revelation and Relativity: Healing With ``Cognitive'' Energy 239(40)
Epilogue 279(2)
Bibliography 281(18)
Appendix A: Type Tables of Relevant Vocational Groups 299(8)
Appendix B: Incidence of Disease, by Talent Group 307(8)
Appendix C: Distribution of Talent and Disease, by Month of Birth 315(8)
Index 323