These volumes give a multidisciplinary overview of altered states of consciousness (ASC) and shows how their study is necessary to gain a fundamental understanding of human culture, history, and biology. In volume 1, contributors present historical, Western Christian, Eastern, c…
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"This overview of the work of Stanislav Grof, one of the founders of transpersonal psychology, was specifically written to acquaint newcomers with his work. Serving as a summation of his career and previous works, this entirely new book is the source to introduce Grof's enormous…
(Publisher-supplied data) An Italian ethnobotanist explores the remarkable propensity of wild animals to seek out and use psychoactive substances. Throws out behaviorist theories that claim animals have no consciousness. Offers a completely new understanding of the role psychede…