The Varieties Of Psychedelic Experience

Author : Robert Masters,Jean Houston
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781594775369

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The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience by Robert Masters,Jean Houston Pdf

One of the most important books written on the effects of LSD on the human psyche. • Its authoritative research has great relevance to the current debate on drug legalization. • Prolific authors Robert Masters and Jean Houston are pioneer figures in the field of transpersonal psychology and founders of the Human Potentials Movement. The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience was published in 1966, just as the first legal restrictions on the use of psychedelic substances were being enacted. Unfortunately, the authors' pioneering work on the effects of LSD on the human psyche, which was viewed by its participants as possibly heralding a revolution in the study of the mind, was among the casualties of this interdiction. As a result, the promising results to which their studies attested were never fully explored. Nevertheless, their 15 years of research represents a sober and authoritative appraisal of what remains one of the most controversial developments in the study of the human psyche. Avoiding the wild excesses taken by both sides on this issue, this book is unique for the light it sheds on the possibilities and the limitations of psychedelic drugs, as well as on the techniques for working with them. With drug legalization an increasingly important issue, The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience provides a welcome and much needed contrast to the current hysteria that surrounds this topic.

Author : Robert E. L. Masters,Jean Houston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Hallucinogenic drugs
ISBN : PSU:000047363731

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The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience by Robert E. L. Masters,Jean Houston Pdf

Il libro è frutto di quindici anni di ricerca e osservazione di fruitori di droghe psichedeliche, particolarmente LSD (prima che questa droga diventasse illegale negli Stati Uniti). Lontano da stereotipi e prese di posizione, lo studio getta nuova luce sulle possibilità e sui limiti delle sostanze psichedeliche, nonché sui loro effetti sulla psiche umana.

Author : Ido Hartogsohn
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262358941

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American Trip by Ido Hartogsohn Pdf

How historical, social, and cultural forces shaped the psychedelic experience in midcentury America, from CIA experiments with LSD to Timothy Leary's Harvard Psilocybin Project. Are psychedelics invaluable therapeutic medicines, or dangerously unpredictable drugs that precipitate psychosis? Tools for spiritual communion or cognitive enhancers that spark innovation? Activators for one's private muse or part of a political movement? In the 1950s and 1960s, researchers studied psychedelics in all these incarnations, often arriving at contradictory results. In American Trip, Ido Hartogsohn examines how the psychedelic experience in midcentury America was shaped by historical, social, and cultural forces--by set (the mindset of the user) and setting (the environments in which the experience takes place).

Author : Timothy Leary,Richard Alpert,Ralph Metzner
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Hallucinations and illusions
ISBN : 9780806538570

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The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary,Richard Alpert,Ralph Metzner Pdf

The Psychedelic Experience, created in the movement's early years by the prophetic shaman-professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), is a foundational text that serves as a model and a guide for all subsequent mind-expanding inquiries. In this wholly unique book, the authors provide an interpretation of an ancient sacred manuscript, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, from a psychedelic perspective. Reissued here to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the summer of love.

Author : Michael Pollan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780525558941

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How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan Pdf

“Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives.

Author : Robert E. L. Masters,Jean Houston
Publisher : Quest Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998-12-25
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0835607534

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Mind Games by Robert E. L. Masters,Jean Houston Pdf

A series of mental exercises designed for group participation focuses on the roles of reasoning and imagination in achieving sensory perception

Author : William A. Richards
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231540919

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Sacred Knowledge by William A. Richards Pdf

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 and legally, psychedelics have the potential to assuage suffering and constructively affect the quality of human life. Richards's analysis contributes to social and political debates over the responsible integration of psychedelic substances into modern society. His book serves as an invaluable resource for readers who, whether spontaneously or with the facilitation of psychedelics, have encountered meaningful, inspiring, or even disturbing states of consciousness and seek clarity about their experiences. Testing the limits of language and conceptual frameworks, Richards makes the most of experiential phenomena that stretch our understanding of reality, advancing new frontiers in the study of belief, spiritual awakening, psychiatric treatment, and social well-being. His findings enrich humanities and scientific scholarship, expanding work in philosophy, anthropology, theology, and religious studies and bringing depth to research in mental health, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology.

Author : Chris Letheby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780192581099

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Philosophy of Psychedelics by Chris Letheby Pdf

Recent clinical trials show that psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin can be given safely in controlled conditions, and can cause lasting psychological benefits with one or two administrations. Supervised psychedelic sessions can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and addiction, and improve well-being in healthy volunteers, for months or even years. But these benefits seem to be mediated by "mystical" experiences of cosmic consciousness, which prompts a philosophical concern: do psychedelics cause psychological benefits by inducing false or implausible beliefs about the metaphysical nature of reality? This book is the first scholarly monograph in English devoted to the philosophical analysis of psychedelic drugs. Its central focus is the apparent conflict between the growing use of psychedelics in psychiatry and the philosophical worldview of naturalism. Within the book, Letheby integrates empirical evidence and philosophical considerations in the service of a simple conclusion: this "Comforting Delusion Objection" to psychedelic therapy fails. While exotic metaphysical ideas do sometimes come up, they are not, on closer inspection, the central driver of change in psychedelic therapy. Psychedelics lead to lasting benefits by altering the sense of self, and changing how people relate to their own minds and lives-not by changing their beliefs about the ultimate nature of reality. The upshot is that a traditional conception of psychedelics as agents of insight and spirituality can be reconciled with naturalism (the philosophical position that the natural world is all there is). Controlled psychedelic use can lead to genuine forms of knowledge gain and spiritual growth-even if no Cosmic Consciousness or transcendent divine Reality exists. Philosophy of Psychedelics is an indispensable guide to the literature for researchers already engaged in the field of psychedelic psychiatry, and for researchers-especially philosophers-who want to become acquainted with this increasingly topical field.

Author : Ralph Metzner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0907791956

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The Unfolding Self by Ralph Metzner Pdf

Transformational experiences are as unique as they are profound, yet each portrays universal truths of human nature. In The Unfolding Self: Varieties of Transformative Experience, Ralph Metzner, PhD, unveils common dynamics and archetypes of the transformative experience, offering seekers and those in the throes of personal or societal transformation a reliable guide. Drawing from multiple disciplines ranging across the world's cultures (beginning with his collaborations with Dr. Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert at Harvard University in the early 1960s), Dr. Metzner explores subtle concepts using a tapestry of myth, allegory, and historical context. The Unfolding Self promises to provide its reader with valuable tools to become wise, impartial judges in their process of transformation into becoming a more integrated and fulfilled person. Readers who immerse themselves in these masterful descriptions can catalyze their own process of evolution. No comparable psychology of spirituality exists that draws from such a rich lifework of scholarship, experiment, and spiritual practice. Drawing from multiple disciplines and ranging across the world's cultures, Dr. Metzner goes beyond his roots in transpersonal psychology to uncover universal structures of spiritual transformation. Readers who immerse themselves in these masterful descriptions can catalyze their own process of evolution.

Author : Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:69120252

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz Pdf

Author : Etzel Cardena,Steven J. Lynn,Stanley Krippner
Publisher : Amer Psychological Assn
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 143381529X

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Varieties of Anomalous Experience by Etzel Cardena,Steven J. Lynn,Stanley Krippner Pdf

For much of the 20th century, unusual perceptions and sensations, radical alternations of consciousness, and other extraordinary subjective experiences were ignored as legitimate topics of study in mainstream psychology. Recent years, however, have witnessed a burgeoning interest in the scientific study of anomalous experiences. In this updated edition, the editors have invited experts to provide definitive reviews and analyses of a wide range of anomalous experiences, from commonly documented sensations and perceptions like synesthesia, lucid dreaming, out-of-body experiences, and auditory and visual hallucinations, to rarer and more seemingly inexplicable experiences, such as anomalous healing, past lives, near-death experiences, mystical experiences, and even alien abductions. The book makes a compelling case for the inclusion of these marginalized and underrecognized experiences as not merely incidental but essential to our understanding of human psychology. Book jacket.

Author : Timothy Leary,Richard Alpert,Ralph Metzner
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780806544595

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The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary,Richard Alpert,Ralph Metzner Pdf

Years after the Summer of Love, the promise of the psychoactive 1960s—that deeper self-awareness and greater harmony can be achieved through reality-bending substances and practices—is close to becoming a mainstream phenomenon. The signs are everywhere, from a renewed interest in the therapeutic effects of LSD to the popularity of ayahuasca trips and the annual spectacle of Burning Man. The Psychedelic Experience, created by the prophetic shaman-professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), is a foundational text that serves as a model and a guide for all subsequent mind-expanding inquiries. Based on a unique interpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, The Psychedelic Experience remains a vital testament to broadening spiritual consciousness through a combination of Tibetan meditation techniques and psychotropic substances. For a new generation seeking the trip of a lifetime, The Psychedelic Experience is the essential guidebook to getting there.

Author : Christine Hauskeller,Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350231627

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Philosophy and Psychedelics by Christine Hauskeller,Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes Pdf

What do psychedelics reveal about consciousness? What impact have psychedelics had on philosophy? In this rapidly growing area of study, this is the first volume to explore the philosophy of psychedelic experience, from a range of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives. In doing so, Philosophy and Psychedelics reveals just why the place of psychedelics in our societies should not be left to medical sciences alone, as psychedelic experience opens up new perspectives on fundamental philosophical questions relating to human experience, ethics, and the metaphysics of mind. Mapping a range of philosophical responses to the surge in studies into psychedelic drugs in the cognitive sciences, this go-to volume examines topics including psychedelics and the role of governance; psychedelics and mysticism; what psychedelics can tell us about dyadic thankfulness; and psychedelics as ways to gain new knowledge. Written by leading international scholars, the essays cover Western and non-Western traditions, from analytic philosophy to Zen Buddhism, and discuss a variety of hallucinogens, such as LSD, MDMA, and Ayahuasca, in order to build a much-needed bridge between the rapidly growing scientific research and the philosophy behind psychedelic experience.

Author : W. David Watts
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1971-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034919915

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Psychedelic Experience by W. David Watts Pdf

Author : R. A. Durr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : English literature
ISBN : UOM:39076006142413

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Poetic Vision and the Psychedelic Experience by R. A. Durr Pdf