Sacred Knowledge : : Psychedelics and Religious Experiences /

Sacred Knowledge : : Psychedelics and Religious Experiences / / William Richards.

Sacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers, William A. Richards argues that, if used responsibly...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Richards, William,
MitwirkendeR:
Barnard, G. William,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Note to the Reader
  • PART I. Setting the Stage
  • 1. The Death and Rebirth of Psychedelic Research
  • 2. Orientation, Definitions, and the Limits of Language
  • 3. Revelation and Doubt
  • PART II. Mystical and Visionary Forms of Consciousness
  • 4. Intuitive Knowledge
  • 5. Approaches to Unitive Consciousness
  • 6. New Perspectives on Time and Space
  • 7. Visions and Archetypes
  • PART III. Personal and Interpersonal Dynamics
  • 8. The Interpersonal and the Mystical
  • 9. Experiences of Meaninglessness, Despair, and Somatic Discomfort
  • 10. Religious Conversion and Psychodynamic Experiences
  • 11. Discipline and Integration
  • 12. Reflections on Death
  • PART IV. Present and Future Applications of Entheogens
  • 13. Psychedelic Frontiers in Medicine
  • 14. Psychedelic Frontiers in Education
  • 15. Psychedelic Frontiers in Religion
  • 16. Maximizing the Probability of Safety and Benefit
  • PART V. Onward
  • 17. Fears of Awakening
  • 18. Entering Into a New Paradigm
  • 19. Movement Into the Future
  • Epilogue
  • Selected Bibliography
  • A Hopkins Playlist for Psilocybin Studies (2008 Version)
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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