Altered States English Edition

Author : Paddy Chayefsky
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783755405788

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ALTERED STATES (English Edition) by Paddy Chayefsky Pdf

Edward Jessup, a young psycho-physiologist, experiments with different states of consciousness, obsessed with an addiction to truth and knowledge. He injects himself with psychedelic drugs, lies locked in an isolation tank and experiences all the stages of pre-human consciousness until finally terrible changes take place with him: Jessup also physically transforms into a pre-human being. His thirst for knowledge drives him into ever new, increasingly irreversible transformations. Only the horror when his body begins to dissolve into pure energy brings him back to human bonds... Paddy Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981), one of the most important US dramatists, wrote a breath-taking, equally philosophical shocker with his debut novel. In 1980, British director Ken Russell adapted the novel based on Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay - starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown and Drew Barrymore.

Author : Marc Wittmann
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262347747

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Altered States of Consciousness by Marc Wittmann Pdf

A groundbreaking study of what altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness, perfect for readers interested in psychedelics, brain science, and meditation. During extraordinary moments of consciousness—shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication—our senses of time and self are altered; we may even feel time and self dissolving. These experiences have long been ignored by mainstream science, or considered crazy fantasies. Recent research, however, has located the neural underpinnings of these altered states of mind. In this book, neuropsychologist Marc Wittmann shows how experiences that disturb or widen our everyday understanding of the self can help solve the mystery of consciousness. Wittmann explains that the relationship between consciousness of time and consciousness of self is close; in extreme circumstances, the experiences of space and self-intensify and weaken together. He considers the emergence of the self in waking life and dreams; how our sense of time is distorted by extreme situations ranging from terror to mystical enlightenment; the experience of the moment; and the loss of time and self in such disorders as depression, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. Dostoyevsky reported godly bliss during epileptic seizures; neurologists are now investigating the phenomenon of the epileptic aura. Wittmann describes new studies of psychedelics that show how the brain builds consciousness of self and time, and discusses pilot programs that use hallucinogens to treat severe depression, anxiety, and addiction. If we want to understand our consciousness, our subjectivity, Wittmann argues, we must not be afraid to break new ground. Studying altered states of consciousness leads us directly to the heart of the matter: time and self, the foundations of consciousness.

Author : Ken Russell
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015025149280

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Altered States by Ken Russell Pdf

At age thirty-two, there was still no sign of Russell's talent as a movie director--until all these disjointed efforts of his youth fell into place after an unnerving but ultimately successful interview with the BBC for a position with the ground-breaking television film program Monitor. The show made Russell's career. Thirty years and fifty films later, Ken Russell looks back on a life filled with more than its share of highs and lows--a direct consequence of his inability to do anything in moderation. Written in the flowing, intercutting style of his films, this autobiography peels back the layers to explore the core Ken Russell. This is a man not instantly known on the streets as the director of the latest action sequel...but as a playful, sometimes serious, always inventive expander of the cinematic realm.

Author : Matthew Collin
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847656414

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Altered State by Matthew Collin Pdf

From its first publication in 1997, Altered State established itself as the definitive text on Ecstasy and dance culture. This new edition sees Matthew Collin cast a fresh eye on the heady events of the acid house 'Summer of Love' and the rave scene's euphoric escalation into commercial excess as MDMA became a mass-market narcotic. Altered State is the best-selling book on Ecstasy culture, using a cast of memorable characters to track the origins of the scene and its drug through psychedelic subcults, underground gay discos and the Balearic paradise of Ibiza, to the point where Tony Blair was using an Ecstasy anthem as an election campaign song. Altered State critically examines the ideologies and myths of the scene, documenting the criminal underside to the blissed-out image, shedding new light on the social history of the most spectacular youth movement of the twentieth century.

Author : Marc Wittmann
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262546089

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Altered States of Consciousness by Marc Wittmann Pdf

What altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness. During extraordinary moments of consciousness—shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication—our senses of time and self are altered; we may even feel time and self dissolving. These experiences have long been ignored by mainstream science, or considered crazy fantasies. Recent research, however, has located the neural underpinnings of these altered states of mind. In this book, neuropsychologist Marc Wittmann shows how experiences that disturb or widen our everyday understanding of the self can help solve the mystery of consciousness. Wittmann explains that the relationship between consciousness of time and consciousness of self is close; in extreme circumstances, the experiences of space and self intensify and weaken together. He considers the emergence of the self in waking life and dreams; how our sense of time is distorted by extreme situations ranging from terror to mystical enlightenment; the experience of the moment; and the loss of time and self in such disorders as depression, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. Dostoyevsky reported godly bliss during epileptic seizures; neurologists are now investigating the phenomenon of the epileptic aura. Wittmann describes new studies of psychedelics that show how the brain builds consciousness of self and time, and discusses pilot programs that use hallucinogens to treat severe depression, anxiety, and addiction. If we want to understand our consciousness, our subjectivity, Wittmann argues, we must not be afraid to break new ground. Studying altered states of consciousness leads us directly to the heart of the matter: time and self, the foundations of consciousness.

Author : Anita Brookner
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307826312

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Altered States by Anita Brookner Pdf

Standing on a railway platform in a Swiss resort town, sensibly clad in his Burberry raincoat and walking shoes, a man thinks he may be looking at the woman for whom he ruined his life many years earlier. Alan Sherwood, a quiet English solicitor, remembers back to a time when he stepped briefly out of character to indulge in a liaison with Sarah Miller, an intriguing but heartless distant relative--only to find himself in a series of absurd situations that culminated in his marriage to Sarah's clinging, childlike friend Angela. With her compassionate portrait of a man who has paid a terrible price for his folly, Anita Brookner gives us a novel that it at once harrowing and humane. In the traditions of Henry James and Thomas Mann, Altered States is a beautifully rendered tale of loneliness, guilt, and erotic obsession.

Author : Anna Powell
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748689507

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Deleuze, Altered States and Film by Anna Powell Pdf

This book offers a typology of altered states, defining dream, hallucination, trance, vision and ecstasy in their cinematic expression.

Author : Gordon Smith,Moisés Naím,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9780889369177

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Altered States by Gordon Smith,Moisés Naím,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Altered States: Globalisation, Sovereignty, and Governance

Author : Richard Dowden
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786741427

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Africa by Richard Dowden Pdf

After a lifetime's close observation of the continent, one of the world's finest Africa correspondents has penned a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa. It takes a guide as observant, experienced, and patient as Richard Dowden to reveal its truths. Dowden combines a novelist's gift for atmosphere with the scholar's grasp of historical change as he spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the internet on Nigeria and aid on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo. Dowden's master work is an attempt to explain why Africa is the way it is, and enables its readers to see and understand this miraculous continent as a place of inspiration and tremendous humanity.

Author : Paddy Chayefsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Consciousness
ISBN : OCLC:1006335802

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Altered States by Paddy Chayefsky Pdf

Author : Susan Blackmore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198794738

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Consciousness by Susan Blackmore Pdf

Consciousness, the last great mystery for science, remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories, whilst also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Jim Hughes
Publisher : Watson-Guptill Publications
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015050182370

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Altered States by Jim Hughes Pdf

Altered States is an exploration of this heightened form of creativity, looking at the conditions and personality traits that make the artist, and the ways in which artistic production can be related to other areas of human experience."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Anita Brookner
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0679308350

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Altered States by Anita Brookner Pdf

Standing on a railway platform in a Swiss resort town, sensibly clad in his Burberry raincoat and walking shoes, a man thinks he may be looking at the woman for whom he ruined his life many years earlier. Alan Sherwood, a quiet English solicitor, remembers back to a time when he stepped briefly out of character to indulge in a liaison with Sarah Miller, an intriguing but heartless distant relative--only to find himself in a series of absurd situations that culminated in his marriage to Sarah's clinging, childlike friend Angela. With her compassionate portrait of a man who has paid a terrible price for his folly, Anita Brookner gives us a novel that it at once harrowing and humane. In the traditions of Henry James and Thomas Mann, Altered States is a beautifully rendered tale of loneliness, guilt, and erotic obsession. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Michael Trinklein
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780785834526

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An Astounding Atlas of Altered States by Michael Trinklein Pdf

The history of proposed states which were never granted statehood

Author : Huan Zhang
Publisher : Charta
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015073909239

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Zhang Huan by Huan Zhang Pdf

This exhibition is the first ever retrospective of the artists works.