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Reviews - Book Description This is a pioneering cognitive psychological study of Ayahuasca, a plant-based Amazonian psychotropic brew. The author 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. In addition to its being the most thorough study of the Ayahuasca experience to date, this book lays the theoretical foundations for the psychological study of non-ordinary states of consciousness in general.
Table of Contents - Prologue - Preliminairies; General background; Theoretical foundations; Methodology and general. structure - The Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience: Atmosphere and general effects; open eye visualizations; A structural typology of , Ayahuasca visualizations; Interaction and narration; The contents of visions; The I themes of visions; ideas. insights, and reflections; Non-visual"perceptions; Consciousness I; Transformations; Time; Meaning and sema~t:jcs; Consciousness II; Light' " - Theoretical Issues: Stages and order; Contextual considerations; Cognitive parameters;.:Synamics; A , general theoretical perspective; Concluding philosophical reflections - Epilogue Appendix (Quantitative Data) Bibliography
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