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100 1 _aSheppard, Eileen.
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245 1 0 _aMild Altered States of Consciousness
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_bSubtle Shifts of Mind and Their Therapeutic Potential /
_cby Eileen Sheppard.
250 _a1st ed. 2024.
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_bSpringer International Publishing :
_bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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300 _aXII, 315 p. 1 illus.
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505 0 _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.
520 _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. .
650 0 _aPsychology and religion.
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650 0 _aEthnology.
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650 0 _aPhilosophy of mind.
650 0 _aHumanistic psychology.
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650 1 4 _aPsychology of Religion and Spirituality.
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650 2 4 _aPhilosophy of Mind.
650 2 4 _aHumanistic Psychology.
650 2 4 _aPhenomenology.
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