04453nam 2200625 450 991081632420332120200520144314.00-231-54091-410.7312/rich17406(CKB)3710000000497074(EBL)4414136(SSID)ssj0001571173(PQKBManifestationID)16221812(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001571173(PQKBWorkID)13789773(PQKB)10910595(StDuBDS)EDZ0001285131(DE-B1597)458478(OCoLC)1013937296(OCoLC)1029815923(OCoLC)1032686974(OCoLC)940679826(DE-B1597)9780231540919(Au-PeEL)EBL4414136(CaPaEBR)ebr11210765(CaONFJC)MIL900665(OCoLC)929851463(MiAaPQ)EBC4414136(EXLCZ)99371000000049707420160525h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSacred knowledge psychedelics and religious experiences /William A. RichardsNew York :Columbia University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (277 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-17406-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword / Barnard, G. William -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Note to the Reader -- PART I. Setting the Stage -- 1. The Death and Rebirth of Psychedelic Research -- 2. Orientation, Definitions, and the Limits of Language -- 3. Revelation and Doubt -- PART II. Mystical and Visionary Forms of Consciousness -- 4. Intuitive Knowledge -- 5. Approaches to Unitive Consciousness -- 6. New Perspectives on Time and Space -- 7. Visions and Archetypes -- PART III. Personal and Interpersonal Dynamics -- 8. The Interpersonal and the Mystical -- 9. Experiences of Meaninglessness, Despair, and Somatic Discomfort -- 10. Religious Conversion and Psychodynamic Experiences -- 11. Discipline and Integration -- 12. Reflections on Death -- PART IV. Present and Future Applications of Entheogens -- 13. Psychedelic Frontiers in Medicine -- 14. Psychedelic Frontiers in Education -- 15. Psychedelic Frontiers in Religion -- 16. Maximizing the Probability of Safety and Benefit -- PART V. Onward -- 17. Fears of Awakening -- 18. Entering Into a New Paradigm -- 19. Movement Into the Future -- Epilogue -- Selected Bibliography -- A Hopkins Playlist for Psilocybin Studies (2008 Version) -- Name Index -- Subject IndexSacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers, William A. Richards argues that, if used responsibly and legally, psychedelics have the potential to assuage suffering and constructively affect the quality of human life.Richards's analysis contributes to social and political debates over the responsible integration of psychedelic substances into modern society. His book serves as an invaluable resource for readers who, whether spontaneously or with the facilitation of psychedelics, have encountered meaningful, inspiring, or even disturbing states of consciousness and seek clarity about their experiences. Testing the limits of language and conceptual frameworks, Richards makes the most of experiential phenomena that stretch our conception of reality, advancing new frontiers in the study of belief, spiritual awakening, psychiatric treatment, and social well-being. His findings enrich humanities and scientific scholarship, expanding work in philosophy, anthropology, theology, and religious studies and bringing depth to research in mental health, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology.Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experienceHallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.204/.2Richards William A.1940-1692127MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816324203321Sacred knowledge4068966UNINA