Alterations of consciousness : an empirical analysis for social scientists
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Alterations of consciousness : an empirical analysis for social scientists
American Psychological Association, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-277) and index
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"Alterations of Consciousness" is an analytic investigation into the nature of cognitive reality. Imants Baruss explores various manifestations of consciousness with rational and empirical rigour beginning with more ordinary states such as thinking, sleeping, dreaming and continuing on into hypnosis, trance, psychedelic experiences, transcendence and experiences related to death. This comprehensive overview of altered states examines consciousness from the physiological, cognitive and experiential points of view. Readers should gain from the engaging text an enriched understanding of consciousness, reality and the scientific endeavour.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Consciousness
- Beliefs About Consciousness and Reality
- The Scientific Study of Consciousness
- Overview. Wakefulness: Introspection
- Thinking
- Daydreaming
- Sensory Restriction. Sleep: Sleep Physiology and Behaviour
- Sleep Mentation
- The Purpose of Sleep
- The Neurobiology of Sleep
- Sleep Disorders. Dreams: Dream Theories
- Dream Content
- Lucid Dreaming
- Precognitive Dreams. Hypnosis: Hypnotic Phenomena
- Hypnotic Susceptibility
- Explanations of Hypnosis
- Applications of Hypnosis. Trance: Shamanism
- Possession
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Alien Abduction Experiences. Psychedelics: Modern Beginnings
- Varieties of Psychedelics
- Long-Term Effects of Psychedelics
- Transcendental Effects of Psychedelics. Transcendence: Variety of Transcendent Experiences
- Examples of Spontaneous Transcendence
- Meditation
- Spiritual Aspiration Explanations of Transcendence. Death: Out-of-Body Experiences
- Near-Death Experiences
- Past-Life Experiences
- The Question of Life After Death. Conclusion: Recapitulation of Thematic Threads
- Alternative Explanations of Reality.
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