A01=Lynne Hume
Alam Al Mithal
altered states research
American Psychiatric Association
Author_Lynne Hume
Ayahuasca Drink
Banisteriopsis Caapi Vine
Binaural Beat
Bronchial Asthma
Byzantine Chants
Category=JBSR
Category=JHM
Category=JHMC
Category=QRAB
ceremonial drumming
Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries
Cheshire Cats
consciousness studies
cross-cultural consciousness exploration
Dead Man
Elsa Gindler
entheogenic substances
Entoptic Phenomena
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Esoteric Spirituality
Fantasy Prone Personalities
Groote Eylandt
Mandalas
Pentecostal Services
Possession Trance
religious experience anthropology
Sacred Dance
Santo Daime
sensory perception science
shamanic techniques
Srila Prabhupada
Sun Dance
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhist's chanting
Toronto Blessing
visual symbols
Western Esoteric
Young Man
Zen's meditation
Product details
- ISBN 9781845201449
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
As Alice in Wonderland discovered, cave entrances, tunnels, spirals and mirrors can transport people to strange worlds where anything is possible. Portals investigates how we move beyond the conscious and physical world using our senses, into other realities of the spiritual and the divine. Portals looks at the techniques used to alter consciousness practised by shamans, monks and other religious specialists. These include the use of drugs, as well as drumming, chanting and meditation. The book provides a new, anthropologically-grounded perspective on the wide-ranging questions about the realities of human consciousness and mystical, spiritual and religious experience.
Lynne Hume is Associate Professor, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
