The Antipodes of Mind

Zusatztext Shanon's pioneering work Informationen zum Autor Benny Shanon is a Professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holder of the Mandel Chair in Cognition. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A pioneering study of the phenomenology of the special state of mind induced by Ayahuasca, a plant-based Amazonian psychotropic brew. The author's research is based both on extensive firsthand experiences with Ayahuasca, and on interviews conducted with a large number of informants coming from different places and backgrounds. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue Preliminaries: The Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience; Theoretical issues: Epilogue Appendix (Quantitative Data) Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Benny Shanon, Benny (Professor Shanon, Shanon Benny
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.2002
• EAN: 9780199252930
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925293-0
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, MEDICAL / Neurology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, biochemistry, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Social and cultural anthropology, Botany & plant sciences, Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Botany and plant sciences, Amazon River, Amazon river and tributaries, Toxicology (non-medical), MEDICAL / Otolaryngology