Sacred knowledge : psychedelics and religious experiences / William A. Richards ; foreword by G. William Barnard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, William A., 1940- author.

Contributor:

Barnard, G. William (George William), 1955- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.

Physical Description:

xxx, 244 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Contents:

Part I Setting the Stage

1 The Death and Rebirth of Psychedelic Research 3

2 Orientation, Definitions, and the Limits of Language 8

3 Revelation and Doubt 29

Part II Mystical and Visionary Forms of Consciousness

4 Intuitive Knowledge 39

5 Approaches to Unitive Consciousness 58

6 New Perspectives on Time and Space 69

7 Visions and Archetypes 78

Part III Personal and Interpersonal Dynamics

8 The Interpersonal and the Mystical 99

9 Experiences of Meaninglessness, Despair, and Somatic Discomfort 104

10 Religious Conversion and Psychodynamic Experiences 113

11 Discipline and Integration 119

12 Reflections on Death 126

Part IV Present and Future Applications of Entheogens

13 Psychedelic Frontiers in Medicine 139

14 Psychedelic Frontiers in Education 152

15 Psychedelic Frontiers in Religion 166

16 Maximizing the Probability of Safety and Benefit 179

Part V Onward

17 Fears of Awakening 195

18 Entering Into a New Paradigm 204

19 Movement Into the Future 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-226) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780231174060

0231174063

OCLC:

933780385