Reexamining Near-Death and Other Experiences of the Beyond in Cultural Perspective
Jeffery L MacDonald (Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization) Reexamining Near-Death and Other Experiences of the Beyond in Cultural Perspective: Implications for the Anthropology of Consciousness Since the birth of anthropology, human […]
A Neuroanthropological Comparison of Anomalous Experiences During Meditation and Ethnographic Accounts of Shamanic Flight
M. Diane Hardgrave (Southern Methodist University and College of Southern Nevada) Accounts of anomalous experience during meditation in an earlier study (Hardgrave 2010), revealed a striking similarity with characteristics found in […]
Defraying the Costs of “Analysis Paralysis”
Christopher D Lynn (University of Alabama) Defraying the Costs of “Analysis Paralysis”: A Neuroanthropological Model of Dissociation, Deafferentation, and Trance Human intellectual efforts frequently seek to extend awareness and expand […]
“The Four Functions of Myth & the Divided Brain: How Campbell’s Model Nourishes the Hemispheres.”
Andrew Dean Gurevich (Mt. Hood Community College) “As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world — that is the Myth of the atomic age […]
Hermes Adds A Mythic Dimension to Complexity Theory, Attachment Theory, and Ecopsychology
Dennis L. Merritt (Jungian Analyst) Joseph Campbell was the greatest popularizer of mythology and introduced millions to the mythopoetic dimension of the human psyche. The Homeric Hymn to Hermes can be […]
The Hero’s Journey and Personal Mythology As Pathways in Mind-Body Healing
Donald Patrick Moss (Saybrook University) The concept of life as a journey dates back at least to Dante’s Divine Comedy, in which the protagonist becomes lost in a dark wood at […]
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE BY PAUL DEVEREUX
Saturday November 23, 2013 @ 6:15 PM-8:15 PM in the Chicago Hilton, Astoria Room Paul Devereux is the Founding co-editor of Time & Mind – Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture; Research affiliate […]
About the Anthropology of Consciousness
Our Interests States of Consciousness and Consciousness Studies Dreams, possession, trance, dissociation, theories of mind and cognition, epistemology, methodology, evolution of consciousness, biosocial approaches, psychophysiology, psychotherapy, cultural psychology. Shamanic, Religious, […]
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The Anthropology of Consciousness Blog serves to share SAC related news and events while also promoting the scholarship of the members in our community and fostering an open online dialogue […]
About the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness
The Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness The Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness (SAC) is dedicated to the study of consciousness and its practical application to contemporary issues. SAC […]