Sacred Knowledge
Psychedelics and Religious Experiences
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William Richards
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Sacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers, William A. Richards argues that, if used responsibly and legally, psychedelics have the potential to assuage suffering and constructively affect the quality of human life.
Richards's analysis contributes to social and political debates over the responsible integration of psychedelic substances into modern society. His book serves as an invaluable resource for listeners who, whether spontaneously or with the facilitation of psychedelics, have encountered meaningful, inspiring, or even disturbing states of consciousness and seek clarity about their experiences. Testing the limits of language and conceptual frameworks, Richards makes the most of experiential phenomena that stretch our conception of reality, advancing new frontiers in the study of belief, spiritual awakening, psychiatric treatment, and social well-being. His findings enrich humanities and scientific scholarship, expanding work in philosophy, anthropology, theology, and religious studies and bringing depth to research in mental health, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology.
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New York Times best-selling author Caroline Myss draws from her years as a medical intuitive to show that healing is not only physical, it is also a mystical phenomenon that transcends reason. Inspired by ordinary people who overcame a wide array of physical and psychological ailments - from rheumatoid arthritis to cancer - Caroline dove into the works of the great mystics to gain a deeper understanding of healing's spiritual underpinnings.
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Defy Gravity
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The Grace in Dying
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Kathleen Dowling Singh illuminates the profound psychological and spiritual transformations experiences by the dying as the natural process of death reconnects them with the source of their being. Examining the end of life in the light of current psychological understanding, religious wisdom, and compassionate medical science, The Grace of Dying offers a fresh, deeply comforting message of hope and courage as we contemplate the meaning of our mortality.
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loved the work, reader not so much
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Eternal Life
- A New Vision
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Bishop John Shelby Spong, author of Jesus for the Non-Religious, Why Christianity Must Change or Die, Sins of Scripture, and many other books, is known for his controversial ideas and fighting for minority rights. In Eternal Life: A New Vision, a remarkable spiritual journey about his lifelong struggle with the questions of God and death, he reveals how he came to a new conviction about eternal life.
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As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation. However, many of these people have little interest in the religious aspects of Buddhism, and the practice occurs within secular contexts such as hospitals, schools, and the workplace. Is it possible to recover from the Buddhist teachings a vision of human flourishing that is secular rather than religious without compromising the integrity of the tradition?
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Good, but repetition of old material
- By Ludwig on 02-25-18
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Why God Won't Go Away
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In this groundbreaking new book, researchers Andrew Newberg and Eugene d'Aquili offer an explanation that is at once profoundly simple and scientifically precise: The religious impulse is rooted in the biology of the brain. In Why God Won't Go Away, Newberg and d'Aquili document their pioneering explorations in the field of neurotheology, an emerging discipline dedicated to understanding the complex relationship between spirituality and the brain.
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My opinion
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May takes on the Creative Act
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Encoded within your body, teaches Caroline Myss, is an energy system linking you directly to the world's great spiritual traditions. Through it, you have direct access to the divine energy that seamlessly connects all life. On Anatomy of the Spirit, Myss offers a stunning picture of the human body's hidden energetic structures, while revealing its precise spiritual code and relationship to the sacred energy of creation.
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WARNING: THIS IS NOT AN AUDIOBOOK!
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The Spiritual Brain
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Does religious experience come from God, or is it just the random firing of neurons in the brain? Drawing on brain research on Carmelite nuns that has attracted major media attention and provocative new research in near-death experiences, The Spiritual Brain proves that genuine, life-changing spiritual events can be documented. The authors make a convincing case for what many in science are loathe to consider: that it is God who creates our spiritual experiences, not the brain.
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interesting topic, but frustrating listen
- By Barry T on 08-27-08
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The Gradual Path
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Dr. Neale presents a seven-session audio course to immerse you in the teachings and practices of the Lam Rim - Tibetan Buddhism’s time-tested path for psychological maturity and awakening. Created as an audio companion to Dr. Neale’s book Gradual Awakening, this course brings you a guided experience in the traditional Lam Rim journey, updated with insights from science and psychotherapy to root each step in our modern experience.
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Wonderfully Inspiring Teacher
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Thank God for Evolution
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Here is a revolutionary perspective on the relationship between religion and science that builds a bridge between people of all beliefs.
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Religion without God
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The Seeker's Guide
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America has given birth to a wisdom tradition entirely its own, a spirituality that is as diverse as its people, and that respects the freedom and uniqueness of each individual. Judeo-Christian traditions and the meditation practices of Asia and India...modern science and Native American teachings...Sufism and transpersonal psychology - The New American Spirituality explores what happens when these and other traditions cohabitate our unique cultural landscape.
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Very thorough and enlightening
- By Pony on 08-30-14
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- Voyager
- 10-07-17
Groundbreaking Wisdom: A Must Read
This authoritative book by renowned expert, Dr. Bill Richards, is everything we could hope for from the field's preeminent scholar and researcher. Dr. Richards writes with clarity and thorough expertise on topics of consciousness studies, mystical experiences, psychedelic research and psychology. This is a book which meets the needs of the general public, as well as those of mental health and medical professionals. Remarkably, this book integrates methods of empirical clinical research with methods of spiritual inquiry, showing their common roots in the human search for meaning. We require this outstanding book as an essential reading for the university post-graduate training program in psychedelic therapy at CIIS in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Richards is a sage and trail-blazer in the tradition of the ancient mystics. Scholars and sages of his singular philosophical lineage are other luminaries such as Aldous Huxley, Huston Smith, Paul Tillich, Karl Jaspers, and Abraham Maslow.
The author inspires us with a recognition that we all have sacred knowledge within us and that it is available to us in many varieties and modes. He writes informed and descriptive examples of this from mythology, clinical cases, research, and spiritual texts from many cultures. Dr. Richards reminds us that all we need do is to be curious, open and embrace our awe and wonder before the majesty of the sacred. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking their own sacred knowledge of the truth of their connection to all that is. The most inspired and inspiring book on these crucial topics of finding meaning in our contemporary life.
Dr. Richards has written what will become a classic text in the areas of religious and mystical experiences, psychedelic research, and transformations of consciousness. A must read.
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- Dan Richards
- 11-20-17
Investigation of human consciousness and being
Truly exceptional insights into human consciousness and being with a wise vision for our collective evolution!
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- Michael Wimer
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Illuminating to Read After HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
Read after HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND by Michael Pollan. This book is helpful and illuminating without being as "airy" as most books on the subject of consciousness. Though the author is clearly a supporter of re-opening the scientific study of psychedelics, which was trashed by Nixon, conservatives, concerned parents and people who were understandably freaked by the any unknowns of mind altering drugs, he does so without any hardcore selling. This author asks and answers questions with more medical specificity than Pollan and, in general, shines more light on subject without spending a lot of time proselytizing nor going overly-Leary/Esalen on the reader. I found it to be quite worth the investment....
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- luis
- 11-17-19
magnificent
very informative book for any looking to do psychedelics for spiritual purposes. would highly recommend
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- noname
- 02-17-23
Broad spectrum of information
Historical and current insights on psychedelics. Good read, would recommend to anyone interested in the subject
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- Amelia Gates
- 04-17-23
Enlightning
This was both insightful and enlightening and backed by sage analysis. I’m hopeful resources like these will lead to greater acceptance of this field.
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- Philip Gaddis
- 02-28-19
Fascinating
Just as the title suggests, an exploration of the use of psychedelics in spiritual/religious experiences. Very thought provoking, well written, and as thorough as can be expected since research in this area is limited and still restricted by governments.
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- Gleb Beleavski
- 04-04-22
very good
amazing story of psychedelic use to help with psychic advances and help with addiction problems
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- Libba Burle
- 11-20-22
Finally! We can start to live again.
I think that the time has finally come for us psychonauts. Everything I experienced is in this book. It makes me feel like I'm not crazy after all.
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- Panthers 1-505
- 08-29-21
Thorough and enjoyable
Very informative with many insights on various religious experiences across multicultural populations throughout the world.
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