Inner Paths to Outer Space

Journeys to Alien Worlds through Psychedelics and Other Spiritual Technologies
Buch | Softcover
376 Seiten
2008
Park Street Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-59477-224-5 (ISBN)

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Inner Paths to Outer Space - Rick Strassman, Slawek Wojtowicz, Luis Eduardo Luna, Ede Frecska
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An investigation into experiences of other realms of existence and contact with otherworldly beings.
For thousands of years, voyagers of inner space--spiritual seekers, shamans, and psychoactive drug users--have returned from their inner imaginal travels reporting encounters with alien intelligences. Inner Paths to Outer Spacepresents an innovative examination of how we can reach these other dimensions of existence and contact otherworldly beings. Based on their more than 60 combined years of research into the function of the brain, the authors reveal how psychoactive substances such as DMT allow the brain to bypass our five basic senses to unlock a multidimensional realm of existence where otherworldly communication occurs. They contend that our centuries-old search for alien life-forms has been misdirected and that the alien worlds reflected in visionary science fiction actually mirror the inner space world of our minds. The authors show that these “alien” worlds encountered through altered states of human awareness, either through the use of psychedelics or other methods, possess a sense of reality as great as, or greater than, those of the ordinary awareness perceived by our five senses.

Rick Strassman, M.D., is clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and the author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule. Slawek Wojtowicz, M.D., is a medical oncologist working in the pharmaceutical industry in Edison, New Jersey, a science-fiction illustrator, and the author of Daydreaming. Luis Eduardo Luna, Ph.D., is coauthor (with Pablo Amaringo) of Ayahuasca Visions and director of Wasiwas--Research Centre for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness in Florianópolis, Brazil. Ede Frecska, M.D., is chief of psychiatry at the National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Budapest, Hungary, and a contributing author to Psychedelic Medicine.

Foreword by Stephen Hickman

Introduction

1 The Psychedelics: Overview of a Controversial Drug Type
Rick Strassman , M.D.

2 DMT: The Brain’s Own Psychedelic
Rick Strassman , M.D.

3 The Varieties of the DMT Experience
Rick Strassman , M.D.

4 Ayahuasca: The Sacred Vine of the Amazon
Luis Eduardo Luna , Ph.D.

5 The Varieties of the Ayahuasca Experience
Luis Eduardo Luna , Ph.D.

6 Magic Mushrooms
Slawek Wojtowicz , M.D.

7 The Shaman’s Journey: Supernatural or Natural? A Neuro-Ontological Interpretation of Spiritual Experiences
Ede Frecska , M.D.

8 How Can Shamans Talk with Plants and Animals? The Topological Roots of Plant Consciousness and Interspecies Communication
Ede Frecska , M.D.

9 Close Encounters of the Ancient Kind and Spontaneous DMT Release
Ede Frecska , M.D.

10 Hypnosis, Past Life Regression, Meditation, and More
Slawek Wojtowicz , M.D.

11 Preparation for the Journey
Rick Strassma n , M.D.

12 The Sacred Voyage: Beyond Science Fiction?
Slawek Wojtowicz , M.D.

Notes

Recommended Reading

About the Authors

Index

Zusatzinfo Includes three 8-page color inserts and 11 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort Rochester
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 730 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sucht / Drogen
ISBN-10 1-59477-224-X / 159477224X
ISBN-13 978-1-59477-224-5 / 9781594772245
Zustand Neuware
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