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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Marc Wittmann , Philippa HurdPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Weight: 0.369kg ISBN: 9780262546089ISBN 10: 0262546086 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 07 November 2023 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents"Prologue: An ""I"" Awakes ix 1 On Time Consciousness 1 Time Expansion and Moments of Terror 1 Time and Space: The Intoxication of Drugs 11 At One with the World 23 Timeless in Near-Death 30 2 The Moment 41 Absolutely in the Moment 41 The Duration of a Moment 44 Mindfulness and Time 54 Beyond the Moment to Timelessness 63 Daydreams and Mind Wandering 74 3 Loss of Time and Self 77 A Puzzling Patient 77 Body, Emotions, Time 81 Me, Myself, and I: Boredom, Depression, Meditation 85 Epilepsy and Timelessness 91 Schizophrenia, or When Time Stands Still 95 Timeless through the Doors of Perception 104 Epilogue: On Scientific Awakening 115 Acknowledgments 123 Notes 129 Index 173"ReviewsTo make a book either about altered states of consciousness or about time accessible to nonexperts is, by itself, a great challenge. In Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self, author Marc Wittmann takes one step further and combines these two topics to discuss how they are related . . . his book is likely to be enjoyed both by readers who are novices in these areas and by readers who are already familiar with one of these topics. -Wired “To make a book either about altered states of consciousness or about time accessible to nonexperts is, by itself, a great challenge. In Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self, author Marc Wittmann takes one step further and combines these two topics to discuss how they are related . . . his book is likely to be enjoyed both by readers who are novices in these areas and by readers who are already familiar with one of these topics.” —Wired Author InformationMarc Wittmann is Research Fellow at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, Germany, and the author of Felt Time- The Psychology of How We Perceive Time (MIT Press). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |