LEADER 04453nam 2200625 450 001 9910816324203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-54091-4 024 7 $a10.7312/rich17406 035 $a(CKB)3710000000497074 035 $a(EBL)4414136 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001571173 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16221812 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001571173 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13789773 035 $a(PQKB)10910595 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001285131 035 $a(DE-B1597)458478 035 $a(OCoLC)1013937296 035 $a(OCoLC)1029815923 035 $a(OCoLC)1032686974 035 $a(OCoLC)940679826 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231540919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4414136 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11210765 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL900665 035 $a(OCoLC)929851463 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4414136 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000497074 100 $a20160525h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSacred knowledge $epsychedelics and religious experiences /$fWilliam A. Richards 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-17406-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tForeword / $rBarnard, G. William -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tNote to the Reader -- $tPART I. Setting the Stage -- $t1. The Death and Rebirth of Psychedelic Research -- $t2. Orientation, Definitions, and the Limits of Language -- $t3. Revelation and Doubt -- $tPART II. Mystical and Visionary Forms of Consciousness -- $t4. Intuitive Knowledge -- $t5. Approaches to Unitive Consciousness -- $t6. New Perspectives on Time and Space -- $t7. Visions and Archetypes -- $tPART III. Personal and Interpersonal Dynamics -- $t8. The Interpersonal and the Mystical -- $t9. Experiences of Meaninglessness, Despair, and Somatic Discomfort -- $t10. Religious Conversion and Psychodynamic Experiences -- $t11. Discipline and Integration -- $t12. Reflections on Death -- $tPART IV. Present and Future Applications of Entheogens -- $t13. Psychedelic Frontiers in Medicine -- $t14. Psychedelic Frontiers in Education -- $t15. Psychedelic Frontiers in Religion -- $t16. Maximizing the Probability of Safety and Benefit -- $tPART V. Onward -- $t17. Fears of Awakening -- $t18. Entering Into a New Paradigm -- $t19. Movement Into the Future -- $tEpilogue -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tA Hopkins Playlist for Psilocybin Studies (2008 Version) -- $tName Index -- $tSubject Index 330 $aSacred 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. 606 $aHallucinogenic drugs and religious experience 615 0$aHallucinogenic drugs and religious experience. 676 $a204/.2 700 $aRichards$b William A.$f1940-$01692127 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816324203321 996 $aSacred knowledge$94068966 997 $aUNINA