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Sacred knowledge : psychedelics and religious experiences / William A. Richards; foreword by G. William Barnard

Barnard, G. William, 1955- [author of foreword.]

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Online-Ressource (1 online resource)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: Sacred knowledge

978-0-231-54091-9

0-231-54091-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-231-17406-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-231-54091-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-231-17406-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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BL65.D7

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Table of Contents -- Foreword, by G. William Barnard -- Preface: One Discovery of Transcendence -- 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

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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