The Antipodes of the Mind - Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience (Hardcover)

This is a pioneering cognitive psychological study of Ayahuasca, a plant-based Amazonian psychotropic brew. Benny Shanon presents a comprehensive charting of the various facets of the special state of mind induced by Ayahuasca, and analyzes them from a cognitive psychological perspective. He also presents some philosophical reflections. Empirically, the research presented in this book is based on the systematic recording of the author's extensive experiences with the brew and on the interviewing of a large number of informants: indigenous people, shamans, members of different religious sects using Ayahuasca, and travellers. In addition to its being the most thorough study of the Ayahuasca experience to date, the book lays the theoretical foundations for the psychological study of non-ordinary states of consciousness in general.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2002
First published:	November 2002
Authors:	Benny Shanon
Dimensions:	241 x 163 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	488
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-925292-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > Toxicology (non-medical) Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Promotions
LSN:	0-19-925292-0
Barcode:	9780199252923

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