ITEM DF00…ALTERED STATES OF
CONSCIOUSNESS [Second Edition] Edited by Charles T. Tart. $18
The study of the nature
of human consciousness, a dormant and often taboo topic in psychology, is once
again developing into a respected field of inquiry. This book provides a broad,
scientific point of view for the investigation of a variety of special states
of consciousness. The author has brought together 35 scientific papers which
illustrate the variety of ASCs and their effects. These include:
#1,2: General survey essays of the subject (Arnold
M. Ludwig and Arthur J. Deikman)
#3: Aldous Huxley and Consciousness (Milton H.
Erickson)
#4,5: Hypnagogic States
(Gerald Vogel, David Foulkes, Harry Trosman, M. Bertini, Helen B. Lewis, Herman
A. Witkin)
#6,7,8,9,10: Dream
States (David Foulkes, Charles T. Tart, Frederik van Eeden, Kilton Stewart)
#11,12,13,14,33,34: Meditation/Zen/Yoga (Edward W. Maupin, Arthur
J. Deikman, Wolfgang Kretschmer, Akira Kasamatsu, Tomio Hirai, B. K. Anand, G.
S. Chhina, Baldev Singh)
#15,16,17,18,19,20: Hypnosis (Ronald E. Shor, Bernard S.
Aaronson, Stanley
#21,22,23: Marijauna
(Bruin Humanist Forum, Anonymous, James Fadiman)
#24: Nitrous Oxide
(William James)
#25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:
Psychedelics (Frederick B. Glaser, Robert E. Mogar, Walter N. Pahnke, William
A. Richards, Joseph Downing, Charles Savage, Willis W. Harman, James Fadiman,
Robert McKim, Myron J. Stolaroff, Malcolm B. Bowers Jr., Daniel Freedman,
Charles T. Tart)
#35: Alpha Rhythm (Joe
Kamiya)
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION: A brief summary of the
author’s over-all position is available at:
http://www.paradigm-sys.com/ctt_articles2.cfm?id=22 and an
interview can be viewed on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uYZiGOafJM
His own most recent comment on
this book is at http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/833
ISBN 0385067283; 1972
Doubleday Anchor Books edition, softcover; 589 pages; CONDITION: some cover and
edge soiling and wear, inscription on inside rear page, binding tight
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