Alternative States Of Consciousness In Shamanism Imaginal Psychotherapies Hypnotherapy And Meditation Including A Shamanism And Meditation Inspired Personal And Professional Training Program For The 21st Century Psychotherapist

Author : Allen Holmquist
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781581123579

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Alternative States of Consciousness in Shamanism, Imaginal Psychotherapies, Hypnotherapy, and Meditation Including a Shamanism and Meditation Inspired Personal and Professional Training Program for the 21st Century Psychotherapist by Allen Holmquist Pdf

Shamanism, hypnosis, imaginal psychotherapies, and meditation are based on the use of what we in the modern western world think of as non-ordinary human consciousness. These four modalities have fundamental similarities and differences in purpose, theory, technique, type of alternative consciousness, and their application of non-ordinary reality. Shamanism, the oldest and most intertwined with the cultures in which it is practiced, will be explored as a model for individual healing and transformation and professional training. The shamanic way will also be explored as a model of consciousness and a world-view that offers individuals, groups, and society much needed coping mechanisms, healing techniques, and transformative values that may be helpful in dealing with this trying and important transition time for humanity. Imaginal therapies, meditation and hypnosis all have their roots in shamanism, although in some parts of the world at certain times in history, shamanism borrowed from meditation in its adaptation and development.

Author : Andrew Vernon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615249205

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Beyond Consciousness (Fundamental Principles of Nonduality) by Andrew Vernon Pdf

The first chapter of this book contains a list of 70 key concepts, or “fundamental principles,†which together provide a framework for a philosophy of nonduality that is not dependent on any particular path or way. The remainder of the book is an expansion of, and a fuller explanation of, those principles. The various chapters in the book have for their titles the essential questions that occur sooner or later to the spiritual seeker: “What Is This World? “Is There a God?†“Who or What Am I?†“What Is Realization?†and so on. These questions are universal—it doesn’t matter whether one comes to them from a Hindu tradition, from Christianity, from Buddhism, or from any other path. When you take them literally, religions appear to be completely different from one another and even contradictory. However, on a deeper level, they are seen to be pointing to the same, inexpressible truth.

Author : Andrei A. Znamenski
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780195172317

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The Beauty of the Primitive by Andrei A. Znamenski Pdf

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Author : Joan Berzoff,Laura Melano Flanagan,Patricia Hertz
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0765704315

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Inside Out and Outside in by Joan Berzoff,Laura Melano Flanagan,Patricia Hertz Pdf

With its simple, respectful, user-friendly tone, the first edition of Inside Out and Outside In quickly became a beloved book among mental health practitioners in a variety of disciplines. The second edition continues in this tradition with chapters revised to reflect the most current theory and clinical practice. In addition, it offers exciting new chapters, on attachment, relational, and intersubjective theories, respectively, as well as on trauma.

Author : Pierre Flor-Henry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015004436526

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Cerebral Basis of Psychopathology by Pierre Flor-Henry Pdf

Author : Ruth Lindquist,Mariah Snyder, PhD,Mary Frances Tracy
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826196125

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Complementary & Alternative Therapies in Nursing by Ruth Lindquist,Mariah Snyder, PhD,Mary Frances Tracy Pdf

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Author : Ismael Eduardo Apud Peláez
Publisher : PUBLICACIONS UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788484248347

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Ayahuasca: Between Cognition and Culture by Ismael Eduardo Apud Peláez Pdf

This book summarizes Ismael Apud’s ethnographic research in the field of ayahuasca, conducted in Latin America and Catalonia over a period of 10 years. To analyze the variety of ayahuasca spiritual practices and beliefs, the author combines different approaches, including medical anthropology, cognitive science of religion, history of science, and religious studies. Ismael Apud is a psychologist and anthropologist from Uruguay, with a PhD in Anthropology at Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

Author : Jim DeKorne
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781583942901

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Psychedelic Shamanism, Updated Edition by Jim DeKorne Pdf

Psychedelic Shamanism presents the spiritual and shamanic properties of psychotropic plants and discusses how they can be used to understand the structure of human consciousness. Author Jim DeKorne offers authoritative information about the cultivation, processing, and correct dosages for various psychotropic plant substances including the belladonna alkaloids, d-lysergic acid amide, botanical analogues of LSD, mescaline, ayahuasca, DMT, and psilocybin. Opening with vivid descriptions of the author’s personal experiences with psychedelic drugs, the book describes the parallels that exist among shamanic states of consciousness, the use of psychedelic catalysts, and the hidden structure of the human psyche. DeKorne suggests that psychedelic drugs allow us to examine the shamanic dimensions of reality. This worldview, he says, is ubiquitous across space, time, and culture, with individuals separated by race, distance, and culture routinely describing the same core reality that provides powerful evidence of the dimensional nature of consciousness itself. The book guides the reader through the imaginal realm underlying our awareness, a world in which spiritual entities exist to reconnect us with ourselves, humanity, and our planet. Accurate drawings of plants, including peyote, Salvia divinorum, and San Pedro, enhance the book’s usefulness.

Author : Albert Hofmann
Publisher : Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0979862221

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LSD, My Problem Child by Albert Hofmann Pdf

This is the story of LSD told by a concerned yet hopeful father, organic chemist Albert Hofmann, Ph.D. He traces LSD's path from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition. In LSD: My Problem Child, we follow Dr. Hofmann's trek across Mexico to discover sacred plants related to LSD, and listen in as he corresponds with other notable figures about his remarkable discovery. Underlying it all is Dr. Hofmann's powerful conclusion that mystical experiences may be our planet's best hope for survival. Whether induced by LSD, meditation, or arising spontaneously, such experiences help us to comprehend "the wonder, the mystery of the divine, in the microcosm of the atom, in the macrocosm of the spiral nebula, in the seeds of plants, in the body and soul of people." More than sixty years after the birth of Albert Hofmann's problem child, his vision of its true potential is more relevant, and more needed, than ever.

Author : Richard Condon
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795335068

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The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon Pdf

The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —The New Yorker A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors’ signal. Now he’s been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . . This “shocking, tense” and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations (San Francisco Chronicle). “Crammed with suspense.” —Chicago Tribune “Condon is wickedly skillful.” —Time

Author : Ali Nomad
Publisher : Health Research Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0787306363

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Cosmic Consciousness by Ali Nomad Pdf

1913 Contents: the New Birth; Man's Relation to God and to His Fellow-Men; Areas of Consciousness; Self-Ness and Selflessness; Instances of Illumination and its after Effects; Examples of Cosmic Consciousness, Who Have Founded New Systems of Religi.

Author : Paul Watzlawick,Janet Beavin Bavelas,Don D. Jackson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780393707229

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Pragmatics of Human Communication: A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes by Paul Watzlawick,Janet Beavin Bavelas,Don D. Jackson Pdf

The properties and function of human communication. Called “one of the best books ever about human communication,” and a perennial bestseller, Pragmatics of Human Communication has formed the foundation of much contemporary research into interpersonal communication, in addition to laying the groundwork for context-based approaches to psychotherapy. The authors present the simple but radical idea that problems in life often arise from issues of communication, rather than from deep psychological disorders, reinforcing their conceptual explorations with case studies and well-known literary examples. Written with humor and for a variety of readers, this book identifies simple properties and axioms of human communication and demonstrates how all communications are actually a function of their contexts. Topics covered in this wide-ranging book include: the origins of communication; the idea that all behavior is communication; meta-communication; the properties of an open system; the family as a system of communication; the nature of paradox in psychotherapy; existentialism and human communication.

Author : Terry Marks-Tarlow
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780393707984

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Clinical Intuition in Psychotherapy: The Neurobiology of Embodied Response by Terry Marks-Tarlow Pdf

A systematic look at the role of “gut feelings” in psychotherapy. What actually happens in psychotherapy, outside the confines of therapeutic models and techniques? How can clinicians learn to pick up on interpersonal nuance, using their intuition to bridge the gap between theory and practice? Drawing from 30 years of clinical experience, Marks-Tarlow explores the central—yet neglected—topic of intuition in psychotherapy, sharing clinical insights and intuitions that can help transform traumatized brains into healthy minds. Bridging art and science, Clinical Intuition in Psychotherapy is grounded in interpersonal neurobiology, and filled with rich case vignettes, personal stories, and original artwork. In the early chapters of the book, Marks-Tarlow defines clinical intuition as a right-brain, fully embodied mode of perceiving, relating, and responding to the ongoing flows and changing dynamics of psychotherapy. She examines how the body “has a mind of its own” in the form of implicit processes, uncovering the implicit roots of clinical intuition within human empathy and emphasizing the importance of play to clinical intuition. Encouraging therapists to bring their own unique senses of humor to clinical practice, she explains how the creative neural powers of playfulness, embedded within sensitive clinical dialogs, can move clients’ lives toward lasting positive affective growth. Later chapters explore the play of imagination within clinical intuition, where imagery and metaphor can lead to deeper insight about underlying emotions and relational truths than words alone; the developmental foundations for intuition; and clinical intuition as a vehicle for developing and expressing wisdom. At the close of each chapter, reflective exercises help the reader personally integrate the concepts. Part of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, this wonderful guidebook will help clinicians harness the power of spontaneous intuitive thinking to transform their therapeutic practices.

Author : David Abram
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780307830555

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The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram Pdf

Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception. For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth? In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.

Author : Joseph R. Cautela,Waris Ishaq
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781475798265

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Contemporary Issues in Behavior Therapy by Joseph R. Cautela,Waris Ishaq Pdf

Contemporary Issues in Behavior Therapy presents innovative approaches to various societal problems worldwide. Contributors explore issues from diverse areas such as behavioral medicine, education, developmental disability, poverty, problematic behavior, and developmental considerations (ie., early family experiences and aging process). The volume stimulates ideas for research, prevention, and treatment, as well as for managing other modern ills including homelessness, crime, and aggression.