2 papers in the library · 4 citations · publishing 2012-2023
August 21, 2023 David C. Devonis
Sacred spaces and holy places anchor cultures to their surroundings, physical and social, and to family and ancestry besides. Sacredness and holiness are brain-deep and fuse emotion and reason, earthiness and heavenliness. Sacred sites are usually associated with religion: cathedrals, temples, pagodas, roadside shrines, and mosques are always high on the list of places to visit for new arrivals...
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 2012 David C. Devonis 4 citations
The psychologist Timothy Leary (1920-1996), an iconic cultural figure in the United States in the 1960s and afterward, has received comparatively scant attention in the history of psychology. This may be due to perceptions that, after a major career shift centering around his experimentation with psychedelic substances and his subsequent dismissal from Harvard in 1963, Leary parted company with...