Psychoanalytic and shamanic initiation : a comparative study in mythmaking.
ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst August 15, 2023 Wendy Fidao Ryan
Education
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4 papers in the library · publishing 1974-2023
Papers
MINDFULNESS EDUCATION AS A TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE: TOWARD AN EMBODIED LIBERATORY PEDAGOGY
ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst July 1, 2021 Jennifer Cannon
The following dissertation offers a contribution to the growing field of Critical Mindfulness Studies by expanding the critique of neoliberal mindfulness through antiracist, feminist and decolonial analytical frameworks. Three separate papers explore mindfulness in different educational contexts: Teacher Education, K-12 Education, and Curriculum Studies. Mindfulness education is situated within...
Preliminary exploration of an altered state of consciousness: the hyperalert-hyperreal state.
ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst July 29, 2020 Anthony Edward D'aguanno
Beginning in the fall of 1969, I went through a number of experiences v/hich I can only term "extraordinary". These are notes taken shortly after the first incident: A state of hyperalertness . Occurred with one other person. It was experienced as an immersion into a fantastic flow of energy and a manner of perceiving which made the "meanings" of all perceptions secondary to the direct...
Self-realization and personality change.
ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst 1974 Cora Annette Scott
A new dimension in the nature of man is coming into view in modern psychology.This dimension may be termed the Self .It is the central core, the deep source and foundation of the empirical self, the latter being comprised of constantly changing thoughts, emotions and physical states.The Self may be known and experienced through the transcendence of the normal state of consciousness to a higher...