science

Superconscious

Superconscious is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Superconscious rather than just read about it. In short: The superconscious (also super-conscious or super conscious) is a proposed aspect of mind to accompany the conscious and subconscious and/or unconscious. According to its proponents, the superconscious is able to acquire knowledge through non-physical or psychic mechanisms and pass that knowledge to the conscious mind.

Key takeaways

Superconscious belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Superconscious to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Superconscious from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The superconscious (also super-conscious or super conscious) is a proposed aspect of mind to accompany the conscious and subconscious and/or unconscious. According to its proponents, the superconscious is able to acquire knowledge through non-physical or psychic mechanisms and pass that knowledge to the conscious mind. It therefore is purported to transcend ordinary consciousness. The term is also used to describe transcendental states of consciousness achieved through meditation and related practices, thus accessing the superconscious mind directly. According to this model, knowledge acquired by the superconscious need not be from the present or nearby. It may be from the past or future, from a physically remote present, or of beings undetectable by the physical senses. Superconsciousness is therefore believed by its supporters to provide an explanation for psychic phenomena such as precognition, remote vision and seances. Mainstream science does not recognise such psychic phenomena as genuine, and therefore regards theories to account for them as pseudoscience.

History An early exponent of the superconscious was William Walker Atkinson, an American occultist and prolific author of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The idea was expanded on by British novelist, playwright, World War I-era activist and spiritualist Edith Lyttelton. More recently, Popov et al. suggested that the superconscious is the source of creative and intuitive thought as well as spirituality, and that it arises from holistic brain activity, processing much more information than the conscious mind. Manuel Sans Segarra also talks about the superconcious as "a form of consciousness that goes further than the body and mind and it can exist in a state of superposition and interlink with other forms of consciousness in the universe".

See also Akashic Records Collective unconscious Clairvoyance Higher consciousness

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Superconscious

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Superconscious claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Superconscious before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Superconscious ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Superconscious

In research: Superconscious appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Superconscious in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Superconscious is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Consciousness, Parapsychology, Parapsychology stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Superconscious outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Superconscious in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Superconscious means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Superconscious out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Superconscious in simple terms?

Why does Superconscious matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Superconscious?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Superconscious.