3 papers in the library · publishing 2012-2020
Encyclopedia of Creativity 2020 S. Krippner
This article explores the association between creative experience and behavior, and those aspects of waking human consciousness often referred to as altered and transitional states. All these hypothetical constructs (e.g., ‘creativity’ and ‘consciousness’) are social artifacts, viewed differently from culture to culture. As a result, several cross-cultural comparisons are made that demonstrate...
Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine December 10, 2019 S. Krippner
Shamanic rituals typically consist of induction, deepening, suggestion, and enactment, the same stages that characterize most forms of contemporary hypnosis. Shamans claim to obtain information in ways not typically available to their peers, such as “visions” and “journeys.” They use this information to help and to heal community members. Tribal members who did not respond to the shaman’s...
June 1, 2012 S. Krippner, R. Richards, F. Abraham
Dynamics of creative mental activity are examined in waking and dreaming processes which manifest beyond normative waking consciousness. Some consider such phenomena to be pathological or meaningless. Alternatively they may be viewed in new and healthier ways, in the context of adaptive mental controls, using nonlinear dynamical/chaos theory. The first example involves the innovativeness...