Glimpses of the Supernatural: Altered States of Consciousness and the Graffiti of Tikal, Guatemala
Latin American Antiquity December 1, 1995 William A. Haviland, Anita de Laguna Haviland 18 citations
Application of a neuropsychological model, developed in the laboratory, to the graffiti of Tikal reveals that the great majority of the latter are products of altered states of consciousness, depictions of visions seen by people in states of trance in relatively private settings. Beneath this art's apparent surface disorder and haphazard arrangement lies a definite neuropsychological order....