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Altered States - Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (Paperback)
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Altered States - Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (Paperback)
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List price R627
Loot Price R543
Discovery Miles 5 430
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In the 1960s, Americans combined psychedelics with Buddhist
meditation to achieve direct experience through altered states of
consciousness. As some practitioners became more committed to
Buddhism, they abandoned the use of psychedelics in favor of
stricter mental discipline, but others carried on with the
experiment, advancing a fascinating alchemy called psychedelic
Buddhism. Many think exploration with psychedelics in Buddhism
faded with the revolutionary spirit of the sixties, but the
underground practice has evolved into a brand of religiosity as
eclectic and challenging as the era that created it. Altered States
combines interviews with well-known figures in American Buddhism
and psychedelic spirituality-including Lama Surya Das, Erik Davis,
Allan Badiner, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei, Rick Strassman, and
Charles Tart-and personal stories of everyday practitioners to
define a distinctly American religious phenomenon. The nuanced
perspective that emerges, grounded in a detailed history of
psychedelic religious experience, adds critical depth to debates
over the controlled use of psychedelics and drug-induced mysticism.
The book also opens new paths of inquiry into such issues as
re-enchantment, the limits of rationality, the biochemical and
psychosocial basis of altered states of consciousness, and the
nature of subjectivity.
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