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Altered States of Consciousness : Experiences Out of Time and Self /
"What altered states of consciousness--the dissolution of feelings of time and self--can tell us about the mystery of consciousness. During extraordinary moments of consciousness--shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication--our senses...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés Alemán |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Prologue: An "I" Awakes; 1 On Time Consciousness; Time Expansion and Moments of Terror; Time and Space: The Intoxication of Drugs; At One with the World; Timeless in Near-Death; 2 The Moment; Absolutely in the Moment; The Duration of a Moment; Mindfulness and Time; Beyond the Moment to Timelessness; Daydreams and Mind Wandering; 3 Loss of Time and Self; A Puzzling Patient; Body, Emotions, Time; Me, Myself, and I: Boredom, Depression, Meditation; Epilepsy and Timelessness; Schizophrenia, or When Time Stands Still; Timeless through the Doors of Perception.
- Prologue : an "I" awakes
- On time consciousness. Time expansion and moments of terror
- Time and space : the intoxication of drugs
- At one with the world
- Timeless in near-death
- The moment. Absolutely in the moment
- The duration of a moment
- Mindfulness and time
- Beyond the moment to timelessness
- Daydreams and mind wandering
- Loss of time and self. A puzzling patient
- Body, emotions, time
- Me, myself, and I : boredom, depression, meditation
- Epilepsy and timelessness
- Schizophrenia, or When time stands still
- Timeless through the doors of perception
- Epilogue : on scientific awakening.