David Jay Brown

Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness

Conversations with Albert Hofmann, Stanislav Grof, Rick Strassman, Jeremy Narby, Simon Posford, and Others

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Produktbeschreibung

In-depth and well-researched interviews with the leading minds in psychedelic science and culture

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781620553923
• ISBN-10: 1620553929
• Artikelnr.: 42236057

Autorenporträt

David Jay Brown holds a master’s degree in psychobiology from New York University. A former neuroscience researcher at the University of Southern California, he has written for Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and his news stories have appeared on The Huffington Post and CBS News. A frequent guest editor of the MAPS Bulletin, he is the author of more than a dozen books, including The New Science of Psychedelics and Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness. He lives in Ben Lomond, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 LSD, Science, Consciousness, and Mysticism
An Interview with Albert Hofmann
2 The Nonordinary Mind, Psychedelics, and Psychology
An Interview with Stanislav Grof
3 Creativity, Problem Solving, and Psychedelics
An Interview with James Fadiman
4 Exploring Anomalous Experiences
An Interview with Stanley Krippner
5 Alchemy, Ecology, and Psychedelics
An Interview with Ralph Metzner
6 Exploring the Tryptamine Dimension
An Interview with Dennis McKenna
7 Ayahuasca, DNA, and Decoding the Cosmic Serpent
An Interview with Jeremy Narby
8 DMT Research and Nonhuman-Entity Contact
An Interview with Rick Strassman
9 Psychedelic Warfare?
Exploring the Potential of Psychoactive Weapons
An Interview with James Ketchum
10 Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in
the Presence of Death
An Interview with Roshi Joan Halifax
11 The Near-Death Experience, Parapsychology,
and Psychedelics
An Interview with Charles Tart
12 The Sacred Secrets of Salvia divinorum
An Interview with Daniel Siebert
13 The Future of Psychedelic Drug Medical Research
An Interview with Rick Doblin
14 Psilocybin Studies and the Religious Experience
An Interview with Roland Griffiths
15 Music, Creativity, Shpongle, and Psychedelics
An Interview with Simon Posford
About the Author