Higher Wisdom - Eminent Elders Explore The Continuing Impact Of Psychedelics

Informationen zum Autor Roger Walsh, MD is Professor of Psychiatry, Philosophy, and Anthropology and Professor in the Religious Studies Program at the University of California at Irvine. He is the author of several books, including The World of Shamanism: New Views of an Ancient Tradition . Klappentext For half a century psychedelics have rumbled through the Western world! seeding a subculture! titillating the media! fascinating youth! terrifying parents! enraging politicians! and intriguing researchers. Not surprisingly! these curious chemicals fascinated some of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century! fourteen of whom were interviewed for this book. Because no further human research can be done! these researchers constitute an irreplaceable resource. Higher Wisdom offers their fascinating anecdotes! invaluable knowledge! and hard-won wisdom--the culmination of fifty years of research and reflection on one of the most intriguing and challenging topics of our time.

Product details

• Authors: Roger N. (EDT)/ Grob Walsh
• Assisted by: Charles S Grob (Editor), Charles S. Grob (Editor), Roger Walsh (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2005
• EAN: 9780791465172
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6517-2
• No. of pages: 267
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 238 mm x 23 mm
• Series: SUNY Series in Transpersonal a
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Transpersonal