How Long to Read The Machinery of the Mind

How Long Does it Take to Read The Machinery of the Mind?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 48 minutes to read The Machinery of the Mind by Violet Firth

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Violet Mary Firth, better known as Dion Fortune, explores how our minds operate and interact with visual and other stimuli. To detail her subject, Firth draws upon both her immense understanding of the brain's workings in the scientific schema, as well as through her affiliation with occult spiritualism and realms beyond our own. This multi-faceted approach, together with the author's lively and engaging style, makes for an excellent primer upon human perceptions, and the upper and lower functions of mind. Other subjects of interest include the response of the mind to scenarios demanding instinctive reaction, its sexual and reproductive impulses, its ability to dissociate itself from reality, and the various characteristics of dreams. Treatments of the early 20th century - Firth originally published this work in 1922 - range from hypnosis, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and the use of suggestion and autosuggestion upon patients. Although Firth's book is essentially a collection which merely touches upon various expansive explanations and ideas in the mental disciplines, she does an astonishingly good job at summarizing complex concepts in a mere few paragraphs. The author's youth was spent acquiring a degree in psychology and psychoanalysis at the University of London, while her adulthood was characterized by successive spiritual revelations, a regular output of occultist material, and membership of the Theosophic Society.

How long is The Machinery of the Mind?

The Machinery of the Mind by Violet Firth is 106 pages long, and a total of 27,136 words.

This makes it 36% the length of the average book. It also has 33% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Machinery of the Mind Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 28 minutes to read The Machinery of the Mind aloud.

What Reading Level is The Machinery of the Mind?

The Machinery of the Mind is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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