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The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience (Paperback)

by Benny Shanon (Author) "Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew consumed throughout the entire upper Amazon region..." (more)
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`Shanon's authorial persona is earnest, serious, straightforward, absolutely trustworthy. Antipodes is suffused with a sense of genuine adventure.' John Horgan, author of Rational Mysticism

Product Description
This is a pioneering cognitive psychological study of Ayahuasca, a plant-based Amazonian psychotropic brew. Benny Shanon presents a comprehensive charting of the various facets of the special state of mind induced by Ayahuasca, and analyzes them from a cognitive psychological perspective. He also presents some philosophical reflections. Empirically, the research presented in this book is based on the systematic recording of the author's extensive experiences with the brew and on the interviewing of a large number of informants: indigenous people, shamans, members of different religious sects using Ayahuasca, and travellers. In addition to its being the most thorough study of the Ayahuasca experience to date, the book lays the theoretical foundations for the psychological study of non-ordinary states of consciousness in general.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 23, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0199252939
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199252930
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #374,421 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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