This authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of altered states of consciousness (ASC) shows how their study is necessary to gain a fundamental understanding of human culture, history, and biology.
Acknowledgments Preface Kenneth S. Pope Introduction Etzel Cardeña Part I: Biological Perspectives Chapter 1 Sleep, Dreams, and Other Biological Cycles as Altered States of Consciousness Andrzej Kokoszka and Benjamin Wallace Chapter 2 Neurochemistry and Altered Consciousness David E. Presti Chapter 3 Dopamine, Altered Consciousness, and Distant Space with Special Reference to Shamanic Ecstasy Fred Previc Chapter 4 Transcendent Experiences and Brain Mechanisms Mario Beauregard Chapter 5 DMT and Human Consciousness Zevic Mishor, Dennis J. McKenna, and J.?C. Callaway Chapter 6 LSD and the Serotonin System's Effects on Human Consciousness David E. Nichols and Benjamin R. Chemel Chapter 7 Peyote and Meaning Stacy B. Schaefer Chapter 8 Addiction and the Dynamics of Altered States of Consciousness Andrea E. Blätter, Jörg C. Fachner, and Michael Winkelman Chapter 9 Altering Consciousness Through Sexual Activity Michael Maliszewski, Barbara Vaughan, Stanley Krippner, Gregory Holler, and Cheryl Fracasso Chapter 10 Altered Consciousness and Human Development Pehr Granqvist, Sophie Reijman, and Etzel Cardeña Part II: Psychological Perspectives Chapter 11 Altered States of Bodily Consciousness Sebastian Dieguez and Olaf Blanke Chapter 12 Altering Consciousness and Neuropathology Quentin Noirhomme and Steven Laureys Chapter 13 Altered Consciousness in Emotion and Psychopathology Etzel Cardeña Chapter 14 Visionary Spirituality and Mental Disorders David Lukoff Chapter 15 Altered States of Consciousness as Paradoxically Healing: An Embodied Social Neuroscience Perspective Aaron L. Mishara and Michael A. Schwartz Chapter 16 Anomalous Phenomena, Psi, and Altered Consciousness David Luke About the Editors Advisory Board About the Contributors Index
Etzel Cardeña, PhD, holds the endowed Thorsen Chair of Psychology at Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Michael Winkelman, MPH, PhD, retired from the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, in 2009 and currently lives in the central highlands of Brazil where he is developing permaculture-based intentional communities.
Cardeña and Winkelman have produced two valuable collections on
non-ordinary states of consciousness . . . There is much to learn
here: no serious scholar of consciousness should be without these
volumes on their shelf.
*Journal of Consciousness Studies*
In summary, Altering Consciousness: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
edited by Cardeña and Winkelman provides an invaluable resource for
the professional engaged in research, teaching, or clinical work on
consciousness, altered states, hypnosis, dreams, shamanic healing,
and a variety of other areas. The work is definitive, setting a new
standard for research by clarifying concepts and paradigms;
comprehensive, touching on research across the broad spectrum of
the humanities, the arts, and the sciences; and relevant, guiding
the reader to the scientific and existential importance of current
research on consciousness. I recommend this book as a must read for
the professional, a must buy for the library, and a must read for
the graduate student. My compliments to Cardeña and Winkelman for
assembling this vast crew and bringing the book to press.
*PsycCRITIQUES*
Each essay includes excellent references; the set as a whole has an
outstanding bibliography that covers the vast array of topics
related to ASC. Skeptics are likely to be dismissive of this
endeavor, but ASC research remains important, and a scholarly
treatment is welcome. Summing up: Recommended.
*Choice*
These two very rich volumes are now necessary for anyone conducting
research on the history of consciousness and its alterations. It
remains a difficult topic, but these volumes will prove to be of
great value for decades to come.
*Religious Studies Review*
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