Jeffrey Kripal's newest book, The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge, has solidified both my respect and enthusiasm for this Rice University religion professor. By using concise logic, careful reason, solid scientific research and a fascinatingly diverse and intriguing range of experience, he continues to bravely insist that our view of reality include what we learn from many would call anomalous states of consciousness. The book “The Flip”, as Kripal writes in the introduction to the book is many things, including a report on the state of knowledge about the nature of mind and its relationship to matter, including the matter in the brain.