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This book explores the experience of time in psychoanalysis and Andean shamanism. It plots ways to work through unresolved trauma by expanding how we conceptualize both implicit and nonverbal atemporal experience, drawing from the rituals, narratives, and medicine of Andean shamans and quantum theory.
List of contents
Introduction PART I: OVERVIEW AND ANDEAN MEDICINE 1. An Overview of the Origins of the Conceptualization of Time in Psychoanalysis and Depth Psychology 2. Temporal and Atemporal Experience in Andean Medicine 3. Power: The Capacity to Hold Energy 4. Psychic States in Andean Medicine 5. The Paqos’ Direct Experience—Shifting States of Awareness through Ritual Chapter 6. Experiencing the Energetic Realm through the Body: Temporality and Atemporality PART II: ATEMPORAL EXPERIENCE AND RE-ENTRY 7. A Personal Account of Mystical and Re-Entry Experience 8. Making Sense of the Re-Entry Experience: The Aftermath 9. Phases in the Re-Entry Experience PART III: INTEGRATING PSYCHOANALYSIS, ANDEAN MEDICINE, AND QUANTUM THEORY 10. Weaving Together Theories of Psychoanalysis, Andean Medicine, and Quantum Physics 11. Quantum Theory, Human Experience, and the Analytic Encounter 12. Navigating Temporal Reality: The Subjective Experience of Time 13. Conclusion
About the author
Deborah Bryon is a graduate of UCLA and the University of Denver. She has previously published two books and several articles on Andean shamanism and psychoanalysis and is a frequent lecturer in the international Jungian analytic community. In addition to teaching and private practice, Deborah exhibits her paintings at Spark Gallery in Denver.
Summary
This book explores the experience of time in psychoanalysis and Andean shamanism. It plots ways to work through unresolved trauma by expanding how we conceptualize both implicit and nonverbal atemporal experience, drawing from the rituals, narratives, and medicine of Andean shamans and quantum theory.
