EAN: 9783631620359

CONSCIOUSNESS CULTURAL AND THERAPEUTIC PERSPECT...

In recent years the study of consciousness has gained considerable impulse through
interdisciplinary approaches. Modulation and transformation of consciousness have been deployed
for tens of thousands of years to obtain knowledge and to enhance well-being and health. In
many societies  techniques based on exceptional states of consciousness have been used to
maintain ecological equilibrium. The volume deals with historic  social  linguistic 
philosophical  psychological  physiological  aesthetic  and creative issues of consciousness
research. According to the integrative endeavours of the authors a variety of methods were
applied  mostly  not only etic  but also emic perceptions were considered. The work of shamans
artists  and psychotherapists constitutes the main content of this volume  exploring different
techniques for the induction of altered states of consciousness.

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