Portals : opening doorways to other realities through the senses /

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Investigates how we move beyond the conscious and physical world using our senses, into other realities of the spiritual and the divine. This title looks at the techniques used to alter consciousness practiced by shamans, monks, and other religious specialists. These include the use of drugs, as wel...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hume, Lynne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford, UK ; New York : Berg, 2007.
Subjects:
Consciousness.
Senses and sensation.
Altered states of consciousness.
Consciousness
Sensation
Conscience.
Sens et sensations.
États modifiés de conscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Altered states of consciousness
Senses and sensation
Mystiek.
Bewustzijn.
Riten.
Antropologische aspecten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Entrances and exits
  • Mandalas and visual symbols
  • Portals of sound
  • Dance and movement
  • Tactile portals : negotiating the demands of the flesh
  • Olfactory and gustatory portals
  • Entheogens as portals
  • An anatomy of reality.

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