Moving from knowledge to wisdom, from ordinary consciousness to extraordinary consciousness

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships among knowledge, wisdom, consciousness and extraordinary consciousness.

After introducing knowledge, this paper provides: a short review of the literature on the concept of wisdom; an introduction to the concepts of ordinary and extraordinary consciousness; and a brief exploration of the relationships among these concepts.

Tacit knowledge is in relationship to wisdom. Since extraordinary consciousness by definition is heightened sensitivity to, awareness of, and connection with our unconscious mind, extraordinary consciousness is in support of wisdom.

Introduces concept of extraordinary consciousness.