Download or read book El Maestro Psicod lico written by Nicolas Lehoux and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-09-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mi relación con los psicodélicos es íntima, sagrada, mítica, arquetípica. Han contribuido a mi despertar dentro de una sociedad donde este estado de ser es ignorado por las masas, donde la santidad es vista como una enfermedad mental condenable al internamiento, donde el genio es reprimido para el provecho de un conformismo insípido y de una esclavitud moral. Yo estoy profundamente agradecido con ellos por haberme abierto la puerta al absoluto. Esta obra les rinde homenaje, y ojalá que pueda ayudarle a conocer mejor y a apreciar este manjar de los dioses. Mi obsesión por los psicodélicos me ha llevado a comprender su esencia. Actualmente, estoy satisfecho y escribo con la seguridad de aquel que sabe. Lo psicodélico ha llegado a ser para mí algo mucho más profundo de lo que la mayoría dominante se imagina hoy en día, acerca de este tema. Yo deseo en esta obra dar testimonio de lo que Yo Soy. Haré lo imposible para hacerle ver mi verdadera naturaleza, mi mito: el Maestro Psicodélico.

Download or read book How to Change Your Mind written by Michael Pollan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now on Netflix as a 4-part documentary series! “Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives.

Download or read book SanaciAAn psicodAA c lica para el siglo XXI written by Michael Watts and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro breve estA! lleno de informaciAAn fascinante sobre una de las A!reas mA!s polAA(c)micas de la psiquiatrAA-a: la terapia psicodAA(c)lica. Las investigaciones dentro de este campo de la medicina han sido reanudadas hace poco, tras haber estado prohibidas durante mA!s de medio siglo, y los resultados de los estudios realizados sobre los efectos de los psicodAA(c)licos en veteranos de guerra con TEPT intratable y en personas con depresiAAn resistente al tratamiento han sido muy prometedores. Actualmente, se estA!n haciendo estudios controlados sobre la eficacia del tratamiento con psicodAA(c)licos para la depresiAAn en la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad John Hopkins, en los Estados Unidos, y en la Unidad de NeuropsicofarmacologAA-a en la DivisiAAn de Ciencias del Cerebro, del Imperial College de Londres. Los resultados por el momento sugieren que dentro de una dAA(c)cada los psicodAA(c)licos podrAA-an ser un tratamiento farmacolAAgico para la depresiAAn y el TEPT. AdemA!s, estas sustancias son famosas por su capacidad de mejorar sustancialmente la creatividad y ofrecer visiones espirituales profundas, pero quizA!s la parte mA!s fascinante del libro sea la segunda secciAAn, que describe las experiencias de varios famosos que deben gran parte de su AA(c)xito en la vida a estos quAA-micos transformadores, entre ellos: el pionero de Apple, Steve Jobs, que adjudica su perspectiva innovadora al LSD, ya que este le dio una visiAAn completamente diferente sobre la existencia, que inspirAA muchos de los inventos exitosos de Apple; Francis Crick, el padre de la genAA(c)tica moderna, que percibiAA la forma de doble hAA(c)lice del ADN durante un viaje de LSD; el cosmAAlogo galardonado Carl Sagan, que dijo "e;La experiencia mAA-stica hindAA ya estA! pre-programada en nosotros; solo necesitamos 200 microgramos de LSD para que se manifieste"e;; Oliver Wolf Sacks, autor y profesor de neurologAA-a y psiquiatrAA-a en la Universidad de Columbia: "e;Me alegra haber tenido la experiencia. Me enseAAAA lo que es capaz de hacer la mente"e;; Susan Blackmore, escritora britA!nica independiente, profesora, autora de La mA!quina de los memes, que dijo "e;El psicodAA(c)lico mA!s importante, cuyo descubridor goza de salud y buen estado fAA-sico a los cien aAAos, es el LSD... No solo induce experiencias mAA-sticas, sino que puede tratar neurosis y mitigar el dolor y el miedo en pacientes terminales. Creo que estamos desperdiciando una 'droga milagrosa' en potencia"e;; Tom Robbins, autor estadounidense nombrado uno de los 100 mejores escritores del siglo XX por la revista Writer's Digest: "e;Sinceramente, el dAA-a que tomAA(c) 300 microgramos de LSD Sandoz puro fue el dAA-a mA!s feliz de mi vida, un dAA-a que no cambiarAA-a por ningAAn otro... los psicodAA(c)licos pueden mejorar la vida de cualquier persona inteligente y valiente, y es posible que incluso representen nuestra AAltima gran esperanza de supervivencia en este planeta"e;. Y la lista incluye muchas otras celebridades, como Aldous Huxley; el ganador del Premio Nobel de QuAA-mica Kary Banks Mullis; el inventor del VRML, Mark Pesce; el autor mejor vendido del New York Times y tambiAA(c)n mAA(c)dico, Andrew Weil; Bill Wilson, fundador de AlcohAAlicos AnAAnimos; Rupert Sheldrake; Colin Wilson; Walter Houston Clark; Stephen John Fry; Robert Greene; Robin Skynner; Abraham Maslow; Robert Anton Wilson; Huston Smith; Alan Watts; Ken Kesey; Cary Grant; y el editor de la revista Time, Henry Luce, que en los aAAos 50 escribiAA y publicAA varios artAA-culos muy positivos en la revista Time sobre el potencial de la droga, en los que alababa a Sandoz y al LSD mismo por ofrecer "e;una herramienta invaluable para los psiquiatras"e;.

Download or read book The Teachings of Don Juan written by Carlos Castaneda and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1968 University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda.ÊThe Teachings of Don Juan enthralled a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for the alternative way of seeing that it presents and the revolution in cognition it demands. Whether read as ethnographic fact or creative fiction, it is the story of a remarkable journey that has left an indelible impression on the life of more than a million readers around the world.

Download or read book True Hallucinations written by Terence Mckenna and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1994-04-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mesmerizing, surreal account of the bizarre adventures of Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis, and a small band of their friends, is a wild ride of exotic experience and scientific inquiry. Exploring the Amazon Basin in search of mythical shamanic hallucinogens, they encounter a host of unusual characters -- including a mushroom, a flying saucer, pirate Mantids from outer space, an appearance by James and Nora Joyce in the guise of poultry, and translinguistic matter -- and discover the missing link in the development of human consciousness and language.

Download or read book Sacred Mirrors written by Alex Grey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1990-09-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique series of paintings takes the viewer on a graphic, visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self. From anatomically correct rendering of the body systems, Grey moves to the spiritual/energetic systems with such images as "Universal Mind Lattice," envisioning the sacred and esoteric symbolism of the body and the forces that define its living field of energy. Includes essays on the significance of Grey's work by Ken Wilber, the eminent transpersonal psychologist, and by the noted New York art critic, Carlo McCormick.

Download or read book Amazing Spider Man written by Dan Slott and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2018-05-09 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc. Alpha and Omega, Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #792-793 and Venom (2016) #159-160. It’s an amazingly lethal Spider-Man/Venom epic! Peter Parker, Eddie Brock and Flash Thompson share a bond — literally! The Venom symbiote changed all their lives. Now the inky black alien life-form is doubling down on our heroes — and they won’t be the only ones put through the wringer. As a familiar face rises to new levels of villainy, Spidey finds himself caught between Eddie and a mysterious new figure! Black Cat and her gang are confronted by an amped-up villain called Maniac, who will show everyone how well he lives up to his name. And all the while, Venom Inc. weaves its tendrils through New York’s criminal underworld. You’ve never read a Spidey and Venom story like this!

Download or read book The Bobbio Missal written by Yitzhak Hen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bobbio Missal was copied in south-eastern Gaul around the end of the seventh and beginning of the eighth century. It contains a unique combination of a lectionary and a sacramentary, to which a plethora of canonical and non-canonical material was added. The Missal is therefore highly regarded by liturgists; but, additionally, medieval historians welcome the information to be derived from material attached to the codex which provides valuable data about the role and education of priests in Francia at that time, and indeed on their cultural and ideological background. The breadth of specialist knowledge provided by the team of scholars writing for this book enables the manuscript to be viewed as a whole, not as a narrow liturgical study. Collectively, the essays view the manuscript as physical object: they discuss the contents, they examine the language, and they look at the cultural context in which the codex was written.

Download or read book Soy la mujer remolino written by María Sabina and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines the chants of María Sabina, a noted Mazatec tradional healer, watercolors by María Tzu, a weaver and folk artist, and information about them and their world.

Download or read book The Internationalization of Ayahuasca written by Beatriz Caiuby Labate and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2011 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating compilation of medical, psychological and sociological papers on the spread of ayahuasca use...in Brazil and in several European countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands), as well as the USA....highly recommended for serious students of this subject. - Ralph Metzner, Ph.D, psychologist and author of Sacred Vine of Spirits: Ayahuasca *** ...provides reliable information that has never before appeared in print, ranging from the rain forests of the Amazon to the churches in Western Europe....like it or not, ayahuasca has left the jungle and is here to stay! Read this book and you will understand the importance of its arrival on the global scene. - Dr. Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Alan Watts Professor of Psychology, Saybrook U. *** ...a detailed consideration of the legal situation of ayahuasca...as well as a multidisciplinary assessment of the health implications of its use...a must-read for anyone attempting to understand the global implications of ayahuasca today. ~ Dr. Michael Winkelman, M.P.H., Ph.D., author of Shamanism: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing (Series: Performances: Intercultural Studies on Ritual, Play and Theatre - Performanzen: Interkulturelle Studien zu Ritual, Spiel und Theater - Vol. 16)

Download or read book La movida written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obra publicada con motivo de las actividades realizadas entre noviembre de 2006 y febrero de 2007 para conmemorar el movimiento cultural desarrollado en Madrid entre finales de los años setenta y principios de los ochenta, conocido como "Movida Madrileña"

Download or read book The Invisibles Omnibus written by Grant Morrison and published by Titan Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 1536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title collects all three volumes of controversial and fan-loved series 'The Invisibles'. Follow the adventures of The Invisibles, a secret organization out to battle against physical and psychic oppression brought upon humanity by the interdimensional alien gods of the Archons of Outer Church.

Download or read book Eliminating Race Based Mental Health Disparities written by Monnica T. Williams and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliminating Race-Based Mental Health Disparities offers concrete guidelines and evidence-based best practices for addressing racial inequities and biases in clinical care. Perhaps there is no subject more challenging than the intricacies of race and racism in American culture. More and more, it has become clear that simply teaching facts about cultural differences between racial and ethnic groups is not adequate to achieve cultural competence in clinical care. One must also consider less “visible” constructs—including implicit bias, stereotypes, white privilege, intersectionality, and microaggressions—as potent drivers of behaviors and attitudes. In this edited volume, three leading experts in race, mental health, and contextual behavior science explore the urgent problem of racial inequities and biases, which often prevent people of color from seeking mental health services—leading to poor outcomes if and when they do receive treatment. In this much-needed resource, you’ll find evidence-based recommendations for addressing problems at multiple levels, and best practices for compassionately and effectively helping clients across a range of cultural groups and settings. As more and more people gain access to services that have historically been unavailable to them, guidelines for cultural competence in clinical care are needed. Eliminating Race-Based Mental Health Disparities offers a comprehensive road map to help you address racial health disparities and improve treatment outcomes in your practice.

Download or read book DMT The Spirit Molecule written by Rick Strassman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clinical psychiatrist explores the effects of DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. • A behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge of psychedelic research. • Provides a unique scientific explanation for the phenomenon of alien abduction experiences. From 1990 to 1995 Dr. Rick Strassman conducted U.S. Government-approved and funded clinical research at the University of New Mexico in which he injected sixty volunteers with DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. His detailed account of those sessions is an extraordinarily riveting inquiry into the nature of the human mind and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. DMT, a plant-derived chemical found in the psychedelic Amazon brew, ayahuasca, is also manufactured by the human brain. In Strassman's volunteers, it consistently produced near-death and mystical experiences. Many reported convincing encounters with intelligent nonhuman presences, aliens, angels, and spirits. Nearly all felt that the sessions were among the most profound experiences of their lives. Strassman's research connects DMT with the pineal gland, considered by Hindus to be the site of the seventh chakra and by Rene Descartes to be the seat of the soul. DMT: The Spirit Molecule makes the bold case that DMT, naturally released by the pineal gland, facilitates the soul's movement in and out of the body and is an integral part of the birth and death experiences, as well as the highest states of meditation and even sexual transcendence. Strassman also believes that "alien abduction experiences" are brought on by accidental releases of DMT. If used wisely, DMT could trigger a period of remarkable progress in the scientific exploration of the most mystical regions of the human mind and soul.

Download or read book Harm Reduction Psychotherapy written by Andrew Tatarsky and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2007-06-10 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking volume provides readers with both an overview of harm reduction therapy and a series of ten case studies, treated by different therapists, that vividly illustrate this treatment approach with a wide variety of clients. Harm reduction is a framework for helping drug and alcohol users who cannot or will not stop completely—the majority of users—reduce the harmful consequences of use. Harm reduction accepts that abstinence may be the best outcome for many but relaxes the emphasis on abstinence as the only acceptable goal and criterion of success. Instead, smaller incremental changes in the direction of reduced harmfulness of drug use are accepted. This book will show how these simple changes in emphasis and expectation have dramatic implications for improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy in many ways. From the Foreword by Alan Marlatt, Ph.D.: “This ground-breaking volume provides readers with both an overview of harm reduction therapy and a series of ten case studies, treated by different therapists, that vividly illustrate this treatment approach with a wide variety of clients. In his introduction, Andrew Tatarsky describes harm reduction as a new paradigm for treating drug and alcohol problems. Some would say that harm reduction embraces a paradigm shift in addiction treatment, as it has moved the field beyond the traditional abstinence-only focus typically associated with the disease model and the ideology of the twelve-step approach. Others may conclude that the move toward harm reduction represents an integration of what Dr. Tatarsky describes as the “basic principles of good clinical practice” into the treatment of addictive behaviors. “Changing addiction behavior is often a complex and complicated process for both client and therapist. What seems to work best is the development of a strong therapeutic alliance, the right fit between the client and treatment provider. The role of the harm reduction therapist is closer to that of a guide, someone who can provide support an

Download or read book Obsessive compulsive Disorder written by Christopher Pittenger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects one person in 40 and can cause great suffering. This volume provides the first comprehensive summary of our understanding of this enigmatic condition, summarizing current work ranging from genetics and neurobiology through cognitive psychology, treatment, personal experiences, and societal implications.

Download or read book Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northern United States and Canada written by Joseph F. Ammirati and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: