Sauro Tronconi · Es·Books
Time Travel and Dimensions of Consciousness
English ebook edition · 2026
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Also available in English: From Chaos to Happiness.
About the book
What if time were more than a straight line? In Chrono-Consciousness, Sauro Tronconi explores the relationship between time, memory, perception and consciousness. Bringing together philosophical reflection, speculative ideas inspired by modern physics, practical exercises and an ironic touch, the book asks how a more attentive presence might change the way we experience our past, present and possible futures.
Through self-observation, meditation and imaginative experiments, readers are invited to examine habitual patterns and their sense of identity. A glossary and bibliography offer further points of departure for an open inquiry into consciousness and the experience of time.
Reading sample
From the preface
Imagine sitting at your kitchen table, sipping a steaming cup of coffee, when a possibility suddenly presents itself: not only remembering what you ate last night, but also knowing what you will eat tomorrow. Perhaps spaghetti with clams, perhaps tofu, or tagliatelle with ragù… or none of the above. In other words, you may already have decided the future, or the future may be waiting for you to define it. Here is the dilemma: are we passengers on a train through time that only moves forwards, or can we get off to take a look at a few sidetracks?
“Chrono-consciousness” is neither a superpower nor a concept from a science-fiction comic (though, let’s admit it, a superhero’s cape would not look out of place). It is a reflection on how we perceive time and the role of consciousness in that perception. Far from setting out to build a spaceship for travelling through time vortices, this text explores a more intimate and, paradoxically, more revolutionary idea: what if time travel were already taking place within us? What if the mind were rather like that obsessive-compulsive librarian who, instead of arranging books neatly by genre, enjoys grouping them all over the place, giving us random glimpses of pages from the past, present and future?
Original Italian edition: Crono Coscienza