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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Masters , Jean Houston, Ph.D.Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company Imprint: Park Street Press,U.S. Edition: Original ed. Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780892818976ISBN 10: 0892818972 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 26 May 2000 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface 1. SomeVarieties of the Psychedelic Experience 2. History and Controversy 3. Experiencing the Body and Body Image 4. Experiencing Other Persons 5. The Guide 6. The World of the Nonhuman 7. The Voyage Inward 8. Psyche and Symbol 9. Religious and Mystical Experience Epilogue NotesReviewsA wonderful book . . . the best book ever written in this complicated field. * Dr. Timothy Leary * Beautifully written . . . Masters and Houston are offering what amounts to a whole new system of psychopathology. * New York Times Book Review * Fascinating . . . provocative . . . The first description of the multiplicity of experiences available through these drugs presented in a manner oriented to western culture and experimental research. * Library Journal * The most brilliant volume available dealing with the psychedelic experience. * Dr. Stanley Krippner * I consider the book very important and worthwhile. It is all in the right direction; it gives very sound directives for controlling the use of psychedelics instead of merely repressing them. * Alan Watts * A wonderful book . . . the best book ever written in this complicated field. I consider the book very important and worthwhile. It is all in the right direction; it gives very sound directives for controlling the use of psychedelics instead of merely repressing them. --Alan Watts Fascinating . . . provocative . . . The first description of the multiplicity of experiences available through these drugs presented in a manner oriented to western culture and experimental research. --Library Journal Author InformationRobert Masters and Jean Houston are well-known pioneers of modern consciousness research and were both among the founders of the Human Potentials Movement. They also coauthored Mind Games: The Guide to Inner Space. Among the books Robert Masters has written are Eros and Evil and The Goddess Sekhmet. Jean Houston is also the author of A Passion for the Possible, Godseed, and A Mythic Life. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |