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The antipodes Of the mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience

Shanon, Benny·2002
DOI 10.1093/oso/9780199252923.001.0001
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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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  • Ego dissolution experiences often occur in the context of mystical states in which the ordinary sense of self is replaced by a sense of union with an ultimate reality underlying all manifest existence.

    “Ego dissolution experiences often occur in the context of mystical states in which the ordinary sense of self is replaced by a sense of union with an ultimate reality underlying all of manifest existence—the famous ‘cosmic consciousness’ experience.”

    From Self unbound: ego dissolution in psychedelic experience (2017) · cites this paper as Shanon 2002

  • Some vestiges of self-awareness are preserved in most, if not all, psychedelic experiences.

    “Various authors have suggested that some vestiges of self-awareness are preserved in most, if not all, psychedelic experiences (Pahnke 1969; Shanon 2002)”

    From Self unbound: ego dissolution in psychedelic experience (2017) · cites this paper as Shanon 2002

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Authors
Shanon, B.
Corresponding author
Shanon, Benny
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
Published
2002-11-07
DOI
10.1093/oso/9780199252923.001.0001
OpenAlex
W4388055659
Cited by
232
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0
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FWCI
4.26
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Keywords
ayahuasca, altered states of consciousness, non-ordinary states of consciousness, shamanism, indigenous peoples, religious sects, psychedelic experience, philosophy of mind

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