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THE ANTIPODES OF THE MIND
CHARTING THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE AYAHUASCA EXPERIENCE |
By: |
Benny Shanon |
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Paperback |
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£62.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0199252939 |
ISBN 13: |
9780199252930 |
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Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
7 November, 2002 |
Pages: |
496 |
Description: |
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. |
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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. |
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7 tables and 4 halftones |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
Prizes: |
Winner of Winner of the 2006 Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality |
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