Columbia University Press eBooks
May 13, 2022
G. William Barnard
6 citations
The Santo Daime is a syncretic religion whose spiritual practice is based around the sacramental use of ayahuasca. G. William Barnard—an initiate of the religion and a scholar of religious studies—considers the religious practice and transformative inner experiences of the Santo Daime community.
Columbia University Press eBooks
December 8, 2015
William A. Richards, G. William Barnard
1 citation
Keywords: Internal Unity, External Unity, Walter Stace, Walter Pahnke, Kierkegaard, Aldous Huxley Internal Unity, External Unity, Walter Stace, Walter Pahnke, Kierkegaard, Aldous Huxley Subject Health Psychology
Columbia University Press eBooks
December 8, 2015
William A. Richards, G. William Barnard
Keywords: Despair, Psychosomatic, Psychosis, Paranoia, Perthes, Psilocybin Despair, Psychosomatic, Psychosis, Paranoia, Perthes, Psilocybin Subject Health Psychology
Columbia University Press eBooks
December 8, 2015
William A. Richards, G. William Barnard
Keywords: Walter Pahnke, CZ-74, CEY-19, Psilocybin, Hanscarl Leuner, Paul Tillich Walter Pahnke, CZ-74, CEY-19, Psilocybin, Hanscarl Leuner, Paul Tillich Subject Health Psychology
Zygon®
August 26, 2014
G. William Barnard
18 citations
This essay first draws upon the work of William James and others to propose a nonphysicalistic understanding of the relationship between the brain and consciousness in order to articulate a philosophical perspective that can understand entheogenic visionary/mystical experiences as something other than hallucinations. It then focuses on the Santo Daime tradition, a religious movement that began...