Altered consciousness is one of humanity's most mystical and life-altering aspects. These remarkable changes in mental state have understandably been a topic of general interest and scientific inquiry across time. Beyond simply satisfying our curiosity, however, studies focused upon altered consciousness can also bring valuable insights into our experience, biology, and culture. This unprecedented set of books will intrigue anyone interested in psychology, biology and neurology, science, history, arts and the humanities, and literature on consciousness, from general readers to scholar and researchers. An impressive collection of international contributors address altered states of consciousness from the perspectives of history, evolution, psychology, culture, literature, human biology, contemporary science, and society, seeking to illuminate the causes, effects, and meanings of altered consciousness. The first volume provides an introduction and centers on the importance of altered states in history, culture, and the humanities, while the second volume presents biological and psychological perspectives on altered consciousness and examines their potential for healing and pathology.
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"Cardena 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. "
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Journal of Consciousness Studies
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Etzel Cardena, PhD, holds the endowed Thorsen Chair of Psychology at Lund University in Lund, Sweden. His empirical and theoretical work has received awards from Division 30 of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, and the University of Texas. Michael Winkelman, MPH, PhD, received his doctorate from the School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine. His published works include Praeger's Shamanism: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing, Second Edition; Praeger's Psychedelic Medicine: New Evidence for Hallucinogenic Substances as Treatments, Volume 2; and Supernatural as Natural: A Biocultural Approach to Religion.
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Worthy Successor to My Altered States of Consciousness book
May 30 2011
By Charles T. T a r t
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Back in 1969, I published Altered States of Consciousness to meet the need of the many who were experiencing altered states of consciousness (ASCs), but lacked any reliable scientific information, and to promote research on ASCs. The book was unexpectedly and phenomenally successful and today, more than 40 years later, I still get letters of thanks from people about how the book helped them make sense out of the unusual things that were happening to them. Courses on ASCs were started all over the world using the book as a text, and some research was indeed stimulated.
My only regret was that for many years my ASC book remained the most useful book on the subject! I had hoped that research would be so stimulated that my book would be quite outmoded within a few years, but the public hysteria about psychedelic drugs stopped that and other lines of research for a long time.
Now my old ASC book has a more-than-worthy successor. This is it! So any of you who were helped by my book long ago, you want to read this one!
In accordance with current fashion to reveal interests, I have written a preface to these volumes, but I have no monetary interest in them whatsoever....
Charles T. Tart
My only regret was that for many years my ASC book remained the most useful book on the subject! I had hoped that research would be so stimulated that my book would be quite outmoded within a few years, but the public hysteria about psychedelic drugs stopped that and other lines of research for a long time.
Now my old ASC book has a more-than-worthy successor. This is it! So any of you who were helped by my book long ago, you want to read this one!
In accordance with current fashion to reveal interests, I have written a preface to these volumes, but I have no monetary interest in them whatsoever....
Charles T. Tart
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