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Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences - Hardcover

Richards, William

 
9780231174060: Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0231174063 ISBN 13: 9780231174060
Verlag: Columbia Univers. Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

In the early 1960s, scientists openly advocated for experimentation with psychedelics. This effort, however, quickly turned into a discredited enterprise involving recreational drug use. But what if a study of psychedelics was undertaken with trusted scientific rigor? William A. Richards does just that in Sacred Knowledge, the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Richards argues that, if used responsibly and legally, psychedelics have incredible potential to assuage human suffering and constructively contribute to the quality of life on our planet. His work is based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers aged twenty-four to eighty-one.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

William A. Richards is a clinical psychologist at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center with formal training in theology and comparative religion. Earlier in his career, he pursued psychedelic research at Spring Grove Hospital Center and the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center in Baltimore. His graduate education included studies at Yale University, Brandeis University, Catholic University, the Andover-Newton Theological School, and the University of Göttingen.

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Verlag
Columbia Univers. Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0231174063
ISBN 13 
9780231174060
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
280
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