The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
April 1993
Morihiro Musha, Fumio Tanaka, M Ohuti
Three patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) associated with thymoma, high serum titers of antiacetylcholine receptor (AchR) antibody and generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) are reported. The NPSs were homogeneous; (1) Altered consciousness as manifested by dreamy state with paramnesia, (2) psychosensory symptoms (the sudden change of senses of smell and taste with behavior...
TCA Journal
March 1, 1993
Janice Miner Holden
1 citation
Transpersonal counseling originates in transpersonal psychology, a perspective that “encompass [es] transconventional stages [of development], possible integrations among different psychological schools, [and] new understandings of contemplative practices and altered states of consciousness” (Walsh, 1992). One transpersonal theory of counseling is presented, along with its history, theory of...
Empirical Studies of the Arts
1993
Alan N. West
4 citations
Computerized content analysis of a narrative text can reveal shifts in the author's state of awareness. The Regressive Imagery Dictionary [1] is a well-validated content-analytic measure of primordial thought, which is a primitive, global, nontemporal mode of consciousness in which logic and disbelief are suspended. In narratives, increased primordial content seems to be associated with altered...
PEARL (University of Plymouth)
1993
John C. Green
This thesis is the first full-length study of the experiments in performer training undertaken by Alessandro Fersen in his studio laboratory in Rome between 1957 and 1983 and practiced since then in the codified technique which he calls Mizemodrama ( literally, "a drama of memory"). The purpose of my research is twofold: firstly, to focus on the development of the core technique of mnemodrama...
Biological Psychiatry
December 1, 1992
L. Hermle, M. Fünfgeld, G. Oepen et al.
185 citations
The psychological, neuropsychological, and neurometabolic effects of the hallucinogenic agent mescaline were investigated in 12 normal men who were volunteers. Mescaline produced an acute psychotic state 3 1/2-4 hr after drug intake, as measured by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and Paranoid Depression Scale (PDS). The Assessment of Altered States of Consciousness (APZ) questionnaire...
The British Journal of Psychiatry
November 1, 1992
D C Mathers, A H Ghodse
In-patients with psychotic symptoms and cannabis-positive urine analysis were assessed by PSE within one week of admission and again at one and six months. Concurrently admitted psychotic patients with drug-free urine analysis were controls. At one week the two groups differed significantly on only five PSE items: changed perception, thought insertion, non-verbal auditory hallucinations,...
International Journal of the Addictions
October 1, 1992
T Lyttle, M Montagne
During the summer of 1988, a musical concert experience called Acid House arrived on the cultural scene in many British cities. The media created a frenzy of misinformation in reporting about the latest drug craze. Acid House music was then banned from the pop music charts, radio and television, and retail outlets. Some psychoactive substances have been bought, sold, and consumed at Acid House...
Diogenes
June 1, 1992
Wolfgang G. Jilek
5 citations
Consecutive waves of paleolithic migrants crossing the Bering land bridge from Siberia to North America between 80,000 and 7,000 b.c. brought with them the shamanic way of harnessing supernatural powers. This way prevailed until the White intrusion 400 years ago, into the living space of the aboriginal peoples of North America. Wherever European political, religious, and economic dominance was...
Cambridge Archaeological Journal
April 1, 1992
David S. Whitley
79 citations
Ethnographic data on the production of rock art in far western North America - the historic hunter-gatherer cultures of California and the Great Basin - are reviewed and analyzed to identify widespread patterns in the origin and, in certain cases, symbolism of the late prehistoric/historical parietal art of this region. These data, collected in the first few decades of this century by a variety...
Archaeology in Oceania
April 1, 1992
Kim Sales
AbstractA ‘neuropsychological model’ has been proposed which links rock art production with shamanistic experiences whilst in altered states of consciousness. The model claims universality, and hence this paper seeks to apply it to a rock art panel from the Pilbara region, Western Australia, in an assessment of its utility. Evidence of shamanism as practiced in Australia is gleaned from the...