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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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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
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 15 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 4
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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