Breaking Convention: Essays on Psychedelic Consciousness
Language: English
Published by North Atlantic Books, 2014
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Breaking Convention--a collection of essays and articles from the international conference of the same name--is a multifaceted exploration of the history, use, and benefits of psychedelics since the dawn of humankind. Some pieces address the archaeological and ethnographic evidence of psychedelic use as a vital part of early human development. Others focus on modern psychedelic history--such as pre-World War II psychedelic research and self-experimentation, or the fear-mongering nuclear era of the 1950s and 1960s, when psychedelics were banished into a forty-year Dark Ages. Still other pieces examine contemporary drug use, particularly MDMA and poly drug use (the use of a combination of drugs for a specific effect). The book concludes with a piece by Rick Doblin, PhD, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), in which he offers a bold vision of the future, one in which psychedelics and expanded consciousness are an integral part of modern cosmopolitan society. ContentsIntroduction Altered States and the Prehistoric Ritualisation of the Modern Human MindTracing Neolithic World Views: Shamanism, Irish Passage Tomb Art and Altered States of ConsciousnessTowards an Exploration of the Mind of a Conquered Continent: Shamanism, Sacred Plants and Amerindian EpistemologyA Train of Delightful Visions: Early Scientific Encounters with PsychedelicsPsychedelic Formations in LiteratureDrop Acid Not BombsSeason of the Witch: 1966 and the Vilification of LSD in BritainBreaking Conventions in Policy and ScienceReligious Freedom and the Expansion of Ayahuasca Ceremonies in EuropeIntroduction to the MDMA DebatePoly and Mono: Reflections on the Validity of Poly Drug UseFrom Meta-Sin to Medicine: A Program for Future Research into the Healing Power of PsychedelicsA Declaration of Psychedelic StudiesBiophenomenology of Altered StatesCognitive Phenomenology of Mind ManifestationPsychedelics, Parapsychology and Exceptional Human ExperiencesThe Anaesthetic Revelation: Psychedelia and MysticismDeceptive Cadences: A Hermeneutic Approach to the Problem of Meaning and Psychedelic ExperienceA Matter of Spirit: An Imaginal Perspective on the ParanormalCommunications from the Herbs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Ini ConsciousnessAfterword: A Bold Vision, by Rick Doblin.…
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- Title
- Breaking Convention: Essays on Psychedelic Consciousness
- Author
- Cameron Adams
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 158394771X
- ISBN 13
- 9781583947715
Contents
Introduction
Altered States and the Prehistoric Ritualisation of the Modern Human Mind
Tracing Neolithic World Views: Shamanism, Irish Passage Tomb Art and Altered States of Consciousness
Towards an Exploration of the Mind of a Conquered Continent: Shamanism,
Sacred Plants and Amerindian Epistemology
"A Train of Delightful Visions": Early Scientific Encounters with Psychedelics
Psychedelic Formations in Literature
Drop Acid Not Bombs
Season of the Witch: 1966 and the Vilification of LSD in Britain
Breaking Conventions in Policy and Science
Religious Freedom and the Expansion of Ayahuasca Ceremonies in Europe
Introduction to the MDMA Debate
Poly and Mono: Reflections on the Validity of "Poly Drug Use"
From Meta-Sin to Medicine: A Program for Future Research into the Healing Power of Psychedelics
A Declaration of Psychedelic Studies
Biophenomenology of Altered States
Cognitive Phenomenology of Mind Manifestation
Psychedelics, Parapsychology and Exceptional Human Experiences
The Anaesthetic Revelation: Psychedelia and Mysticism
Deceptive Cadences: A Hermeneutic Approach to the Problem of Meaning and Psychedelic Experience
A Matter of Spirit: An Imaginal Perspective on the Paranormal
Communications from the Herbs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Ini Consciousness
Afterword: A Bold Vision, by Rick Doblin
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