Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness by Carl A.P. Ruck (English) Paperback

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Entheogens, Myth and Human Consciousness

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Entheogens, Myth and Human Consciousness is a much needed accessible exploration into the role of psychoactive sacraments entheogens in religion, mythology, and history, and also includes most treatments of the subject focus on modern scientific research, psychotherapy, are autobibliographic accounts, or are agenda-driven or otherwise naive and myopic. A great mystery of altered states of consciousness and species development is expanding with new archeological and anthropological discoveries. Religious story telling (myth) is a timeless journey. Surprisingly it's not about truth. It's about finding one's self in the midst of the discovery of the "Other." It is the story of what is separate and unknown that creates self-consciousness. Our entire life consists ultimately in the discovery ofthe "Other," which gives meaning to the discovery of the self. The arts and language are the fossil remnants scattered on our path.

Author Biography

Carl A. P. Ruck:Professor of Classics, Boston UniversityEducation:Clark University, psychology 1953.Yale University, pre-medical, psychology, Classical Philology: BAUniversity of Michigan, Classical Philology: MA 1959.Harvard University, Classical Philology: PhD 1965.Published Books:IG II2 2323 The List of Victors in Comedy at the Dionysia (Leiden: Brill, 1967).Pindar: Selected Odes (with W. Matheson) (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1967).Mark Alwin HoffmanEditor, Entheos: Journal of Psychedelic Spirituality

Long Description

Entheogens, Myth and Human Consciousness is a much needed accessible exploration into the role of psychoactive sacraments entheogens in religion, mythology, and history, and also includes most treatments of the subject focus on modern scientific research, psychotherapy, are autobibliographic accounts, or are agenda-driven or otherwise naive and myopic. A great mystery of altered states of consciousness and species development is expanding with new archeological and anthropological discoveries. Religious story telling (myth) is a timeless journey. Surprisingly it's not about truth. It's about finding one's self in the midst of the discovery of the "Other." It is the story of what is separate and unknown that creates self-consciousness. Our entire life consists ultimately in the discovery ofthe "Other," which gives meaning to the discovery of the self. The arts and language are the fossil remnants scattered on our path.

Details ISBN1579511414 Author Mark Alwin Hoffman Short Title ENTHEOGENS MYTH & HUMAN CONSCI Language English ISBN-10 1579511414 ISBN-13 9781579511418 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Ronin Publishing Place of Publication Berkeley, CA Country of Publication United States DEWEY 204.2 UK Release Date 2013-01-24 NZ Release Date 2013-01-24 US Release Date 2013-01-24 Pages 224 Publisher Ronin Publishing Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-01-24 Illustrations B&W photos and illustrations throughout Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2013-01-07 We've got this

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