Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
August 1, 1967
Odd Nordland
Our usual conception of the shaman is, indeed, that he employs monotonous effects to fall into ecstasy and arrive at the state of trance: he sings and dances alone, or along with others. The auditory stimulations and the motoric movements, in increasing intensity, and the emotional induction from the crowd around him result in his falling into a trance in the end, and the disconnecting of...
JAMA
July 12, 1965
Donald E. Widmann
37 citations
The medical community was alarmed recently by the uncontrolled and somewhat-promiscuous use of "hallucinogens" in one of our major cities. The lay press contained many accounts suggesting the various hallucinogenic properties, but emphasized that the drugs seemed to provide the user with something of a mystic experience— what has been called "instant Zen." InThe Beyond Withinthe author places...
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
March 1, 1965
A. Hoffer
83 citations
This is a review of an important but controversial subject, written by one of the important figures involved in the controversy. It was not possible to get a review in depth by someone who was not also involved in the controversy. With this in mind, this review was accepted for publication because it was written by an authority actively engaged in the problem and because it was thought...
Life of the Spirit
September 1, 1964
Julian Walter
In my first article I suggested that the reader of Dom John's spiritual letters lost much because they are not arranged chronologically, I suggested that he should begin with the first three letters to a Jesuit, in which Dom John developed his rounded theological theory of the world, and then attempted to outline this theory; its outstanding characteristics seemed to me to be the importance...
Neurology
September 1, 1964
Lawrence C. McHenry
35 citations
Abstract In recent years, specific cortical networks have been proposed to be crucial for sustaining consciousness, including the posterior hot zone and frontoparietal resting state networks (RSN). Here, we computationally evaluate the relative contributions of three RSNs – the default mode network (DMN), the salience network (SAL), and the central executive network (CEN) – to consciousness and...
January 15, 1963
R. Masunaga
It is difficult to define Zen with precision. Some may say that Zen is Zen. Others may say it is the oak tree in the garden; still others, that it is three kin of flax. The wide variety of answers underscores the difficulty of defining Zen in words and letters. But to remain silent cuts off communication. Modern man seems especially hungry for some sort of verbal reference points. So...
Psychometrika
March 1, 1961
Edwin G. Boring
21 citations
Certainly the most interesting tool that science employs in its perpetual pursuit of knowledge is the scientist, with his enthusiasms, egoisms, and prejudices, his inevitable unconscious attitudinal orientation in the consensus of contemporary opinion, which we call the Zeitgeist . One wonders what science would be like if automation could take over completely. Are there mechanical equivalents...
JAMA
December 10, 1960
L. Lunsky
4 citations
Contributors to this volume include psychiatrists, psychologists, ethnologists, and sociologists. The purpose of the volume, as outlined in the introduction, is to promote effective communication by the give-and-take of lively discussions. Unfortunately, meaningful communication is infrequently achieved in this volume. The discussions are tangential and lack coherence. The experiments which are...
Philosophy of Science
October 1, 1960
Roy Wood Sellars
4 citations
I shall be concerned in this paper with the consideration of panpsychism and of materialism in new forms as alternatives. Extended reference will be made to C. S. Peirce's view of perception as realistic in intention and yet not quite clear as to its mechanism and how it attains objective import. I shall say little about Whitehead as a representative of panpsychism as I have just finished a...
Life of the Spirit
September 1, 1959
James Harrison
BY contemplation here I am not referring to any merely natural operation of the intellect, however sublime it may be, but to an operation much more elusive, namely, supernatural contemplation, called also mysticism. It may be defined as an immediate or experimental knowledge of God. Our ordinary knowledge of God, of his existence and. of his nature, comes to us not immediately but only...