The miracles and visionary states which form the basis of most of religion have roots in a set of non-ordinary states of consciousness (Grof, 1997).  Many of these non-ordinary states were induced using psychedelic substances (like the amanita muscaria mushroom), many occurred by means of other tools or techniques (like fasting, or meditation), and ( Read more... )

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Because brain volume and the thickness of the cortical layer is positively correlated with intelligence ( Ref...) it is tempting to assume that EEG power, too, is a measure that reflects the capacity or performance of cortical information processing.

It is the meditative radiant selfhood accessed in those moments of ascent which are contained in ( Read more... )

BRAINWAVE STATES:

In general, beta-states are associated with strong, excited emotions such as fear, rage, or anxiety, as well as with
alert attentiveness, selective attention, concentration, or anticipation.

In general, alpha states the seem to suppress cortical activity in areas of the brain that are not being used to focus on stimuli.  In other ( Read more... )

A pilot study at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology hopes to be ( Read more... )

So today my research group did our second study of the supposed medium, Mrs. M. The 83 year old Mrs. M had said in the previous study that her sensitivity to spirit is aided by marijuana and so, before beginning, I very casually asked her "Would you like to have a quick smoke break before we begin?" followed by an exaggerated cheesy wink ( Read more... )

Invest deep and heavy into purity in and pure stock out ( Read more... )

Inward mental, the environment as an internal state, a hand within a puppet ( Read more... )