Psychedelic, Psychoactive and Addictive Drugs and States of Consciousness - Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. from dimensions of work education support class Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 18 min 47 sec ✓ Published: 12-Oct-2010
Description: In this talk, Dr. Metzner examines the states of consciousness induced by psychedelic drugs in the framework of a heuristic model of altered states of consciousness (ASCs). He uses William James’s philosophy of radical empiricism to provide the appropriate epistemological underpinning for the empirical study of states of consciousness, as well as their correlations with brain functions. ASCs, whether induced or naturally occurring, differ energetically on the dimensions of (1) arousal vs. seda
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