Professionals in modern psychology, behavioral medicine, and psychoneuroimmunology are exploring ways in which we can "mentally" influence our own bodies through hypnosis, imagery, visualization, attention, intention, and other forms of self-regulation--for fostering physical and psychological health and well-being.Is it possible for us to use such techniques to influence others, even at a distance, for purposes of healing?Is it possible for us to influence the images, thoug...

Practiced in community centers and psychiatric hospitals throughout Brazil, Spiritist therapies are gaining increasing recognition internationally for their ability to complement conventional medicine. This pioneering text is the first comprehensive account of the philosophy, theory, practical applications and wider relevance of Spiritist therapies to be published in the English language.Leading practitioners and researchers in the field describe the history, principles and diagnos...

Brings the transformative approaches of transpersonal psychology to research in the human sciences and humanities.Research approaches in the field of transpersonal psychology can be transformative for researchers, participants, and the audience of a project. This book offers these transformative approaches to those conducting research across the human sciences and the humanities. Rosemarie Anderson and William Braud first described such methods in Transpersonal...

Psychedelics for spiritual, therapeutic, and problem-solving use• Presents practices for safe and successful psychedelic voyages, including the benefits of having a guide and how to be a guide• Reviews the value of psychedelics for healing and self-discovery as well as how LSD has facilitated scientific and technical problem-solving• Reveals how microdosing (ultr-low doeses) improve cognitive functioning, emotional balance, and physical stamina• This year 60...

Can yoga and meditation unleash our inherent supernormal mental powers, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition? Is it really possible to perceive another person's thoughts and intentions? Influence objects with our minds? Envision future events? And is it possible that some of the superpowers described in ancient legends, science fiction, and comic books are actually real, and patiently waiting for us behind the scenes? Are we now poised for an evolutionary trigger to pull the s...

A pioneering book that explores the unknown landscape of human consciousness induced by LSD and other psychedelics• Shows the relationship between shamanism, near death experiences, and other mystical and altered states with those induced by psychedelics• Lays the conceptual foundation for the creation of important new therapies in psychiatry and psychologyStanislav Grof’s first 17 years of research into nonordinary states of consciousness induced by LSD and other p...

An investigation into experiences of other realms of existence and contact with otherworldly beings• Examines how contact with alien life-forms can be obtained through the “inner space” dimensions of our minds• Presents evidence that other worlds experienced through consciousness-altering technologies are often as real as those perceived with our five senses• Correlates science fiction’s imaginal realms with psychedelic researchFor thousands of years, voyage...

Where does our sense of self originate? What happens to “us” after our body perishes? Can the mind exist without the body? These questions have engendered considerable debate throughout history and have led successive cultures to develop beliefs about human nature, immortality and the afterlife. Over the last several centuries, scientists working under the presumption that matter is all that exists have concluded that consciousness can simply be reduced to a collection of nerve cells in th...

Used for thousands of years by indigenous tribes of the Amazon rain forest, the mystical brew ayahuasca is now becoming increasingly popular in the West. Psychologist Rachel Harris here shares her own healing experiences and draws on her original research (the largest study of ayahuasca use in North America) into the powerful medicine’s effects on depression, addiction, PTSD, and anxiety. In this wide-ranging and personal exploration, Harris details ayahuasca’s risks and benefits, helping ...

Psychic phenomena have long been relegated to the fringe of scientific examination, but several rigorously supervised studies have proven that such phenomena as telepathy, precognition, and psychokinesis have a scientific basis. Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, a Johns Hopkins-trained neuropsychiatrist, proposes a fascinating new paradigm for consciousness that demystifies psychic phenomena. She explores why psychic abilities are stronger among prodigies, autistic savants, people with bipolar ill...