num_pages: 496
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, &amp; 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 &amp; on the interviewing of a large number of informants: indigenous people, shamans, members of different religious sects using Ayahuasca &amp; 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. Benny Shanon is a Psychology professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem &amp; holder of the Mandel Chair in Cognition.
language: English
title: The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience
titlecomplete: The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience
genres: Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, Spirituality, Neuroscience, Science, Plants, Health, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 127
publisher: Oxford University Press (NY)