Altered states of consciousness
Subtitle: experiences out of time and self
By: Marc Wittmann ; translated by Philippa Hurd
Contributors: Hurd, Philippa, translator
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780262038317
Subjects: Psychological aspects; Time perception; Altered states of consciousness; Time
Work titles: Wenn die Zeit stehen bleibt
Description: What altered states of consciousness--the dissolution of feelings of time and self--can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-171) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : an "I" awakes; title: On time consciousness. Time expansion and moments of terror; title: Time and space : the intoxication of drugs; title: At one with the world; title: Timeless in near-death; title: The moment. Absolutely in the moment; title: The duration of a moment; title: Mindfulness and time; title: Beyond the moment to timelessness; title: Daydreams and mind wandering; title: Loss of time and self. A puzzling patient; title: Body, emotions, time; title: Me, myself, and I : boredom, depression, meditation; title: Epilepsy and timelessness; title: Schizophrenia, or When time stands still; title: Timeless through the doors of perception; title: Epilogue : on scientific awakening.