LEADER 04581nam 22006855 450 001 9910851985603321 005 20250807130605.0 010 $a9783031534522 010 $a3031534522 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-53452-2 035 $a(CKB)31555492900041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31290760 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31290760 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31284505 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31284505 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-53452-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931555492900041 100 $a20240417d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMild Altered States of Consciousness $eSubtle Shifts of Mind and Their Therapeutic Potential /$fby Eileen Sheppard 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (318 pages) 311 08$a9783031534515 311 08$a3031534514 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Psychology Consciousness and ASCs -- Chapter 3. Transpersonal psychology ? William James and moving beyond a Materialist paradigm -- Chapter 4. Consciousness and ASCs in the non-West ? pioneering studies.-Chapter 5. Transpersonal Anthropology -- Chapter 6. Everyday Streams of Consciousness - introduction to Fieldwork -- Chapter 7. Hinduism in a UK temple and Altered State Experience -- Chapter 8. The Sacred Lifeworld of a Lubavitch group -- Chapter 9. Sport and Altered states: Secular or Spiritual? -- Chapter 10. Tranquil States in a Natural Environment -- Chapter 11. A Musical instrument-making group and their Altered States -- Chapter 12. Television, Altered States and Fantasy Worlds -- Chapter 13. Altered State Experience in Fieldwork ? a Summary -- Chapter 14. Fantasy Worlds within Altered States of Consciousness -- Chapter 15. Altered States and a Sacred Reality -- Chapter 16. The Therapeutic Power of Altered States of Consciousness -- Chapter 17. Some reflections and a blessing. 330 $aThis book draws on transpersonal anthropology and psychology in order to explore mild altered states of consciousness (ASCs) experienced in everyday life. While research into consciousness and particularly ASCs is growing, this book focuses on a neglected area: ?everyday? experiences of ASCs. Opening with an up-to-date overview of the development of the study of ASCs, the author presents an in-depth empirical exploration and mapping of mild ASCs. Dr Sheppard examines original research conducted in a range of religious and secular contexts with participants who were engaged in activities including prayer, sport, nature conservation, music and musical instrument making, and TV viewing. The author takes a novel phenomenological approach to the analysis of ASCs, emphasising the subjective experience. The book explores the healing potential of such mild ASCs; the everyday fantasy reality of the interior landscape; and discusses the problem of validity, and belief in the study of ASCs. It will appeal to students and scholars of transpersonal psychology, consciousness studies, social anthropology, and the philosophy of mind. Eileen Sheppard is Associate Lecturer at the Open University, UK. Dr. Sheppard?s research draws on the fields of social anthropology and psychology, and centres on altered states of consciousness and healing. Her previously published work includes articles on altered states, healing and religion in Transpersonal Psychological Review. . 606 $aPsychology and religion 606 $aEthnology 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aHumanistic psychology 606 $aPhenomenology 606 $aPsychology of Religion and Spirituality 606 $aSociocultural Anthropology 606 $aPhilosophy of Mind 606 $aHumanistic Psychology 606 $aPhenomenology 615 0$aPsychology and religion. 615 0$aEthnology. 615 0$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 0$aHumanistic psychology. 615 0$aPhenomenology. 615 14$aPsychology of Religion and Spirituality. 615 24$aSociocultural Anthropology. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Mind. 615 24$aHumanistic Psychology. 615 24$aPhenomenology. 676 $a154.4 700 $aSheppard$b Eileen$01771784 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910851985603321 996 $aMild Altered States of Consciousness$94265337 997 $aUNINA