This article presents a discussion of publications in Anglo-American and German research, mainly since 2000, on topics related to Altered States of Consciousness (ASC). It is motivated by an unprecedented expansion of brain-research which has fostered a boom of reductionist models of the human mind with visions of a technologically augmented humanity and numerous successful neuro-enterprises....
Abstract Progress in neuroscience has left a central question of psychism unanswered: what is consciousness? Modeling the psyche from a computational perspective has helped to develop cognitive neurosciences, but it has also shown their limits, of which the definition, description and functioning of consciousness remain essential. From Rene Descartes, who tackled the issue of psychism as the...
This study examined the lived experience of individuals who underwent ibogaine treatment for an opioid use disorder. Semi-structured interview questions probed for potential changes in predetermined categories derived from a literature review. Participants' experiences with ibogaine were analyzed for commonalities and emergent themes. Categories that emerged revealed themes about subjective...
IN THIS CHAPTER, we will explore selected aspects of two cases in some detail. The first is Freud&s;s Schreber case, 1 the other is drawn from my clinical practice, Schreber is one of Freud&s;s great case portrayals, one of the writings in which Freud transforms case study into a new genre. It not only explores a clinical entity, but it also seems to illuminate and stretch the human experience....
Обґрунтовано необхідність побудови онтологічних моделей свідомості особистості з виокремленням і порівнянням основних дискурсів дослідження: філософського, природничо-наукового, психологічного. Окреслено базові траєкторії дослідження свідомості: панорамність як свідомість «зі світом»; обрання певного ракурсу дослідження; розкриття внутрішнього змісту, функцій та ознак свідомості. Представлено...
Our body requires oxygen for its activities and the oxygen is supplied to our body through the respiratory system. It is important to increase the efficiency of respiratory system to increase the sustainable supply of oxygen to the body. Preksha Meditation is a procedure by which one can know and observe the main characteristics of consciousness. Covered consciousness looses its capacity to...
This chapter examines the ecological significance of cosmic consciousness and its relevance to both our historical and contemporary understanding of Spiritual but Not Religious (SBNR). Drawing on the work of Walt Whitman, Richard M. Bucke, and Edward Carpenter, the chapter suggests that the concept of cosmic consciousness presents an alternative way of thinking about nature that can be utilized...
In the vast literature on William James, it is hard to find books that stand out, but Krister Dylan Knapp’s new contribution is carefully researched and revelatory, examining a less-studied side of James—namely, his work as a psychical researcher. Knapp uses a variety of primary sources to understand James’s lifelong preoccupation with psychical research and to contextualize it within tectonic...
This chapter examines the philosophy of mind in relation to psychosis. It begins by re-appraising the work of Karl Jaspers. Jaspers has been taken as an apologist for biological psychiatry. However, this is ironic, as Jaspers was, as an existential philosopher, interested in the personal experience of psychosis. His account of the phenomenology of psychosis is reappraised. The philosophical...
Introduction: the present study was conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction program and conscious yoga on state and trait anxiety and depression in high school girl students. Methods: The study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, control group and a 2-month follow-up. 24 high school girl students who referred to clues all of the...