Deeper Learning with Psychedelics: Philosophical Pathways Through Altered States (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438498133)

In both clinical and informal settings, psychedelics users often report they have undergone something profound and even life-altering. Yet there persists a confounding inability to articulate just what has been imparted. Informed by multidisciplinary emerging research, this book provides an account of the specifically educational aspects of psychedelics and how they can render us ready to learn. Drawing from indigenous peoples worldwide who typically revere these substances as "plant teachers" and from canonical thinkers in the western tradition such as Plato, Spinoza, Kant, and Heidegger, the author proposes an original set of categories through which to understand the educational capabilities of "entheogens" (psychedelics with visionary qualities). It emerges that entheogens' real power lies not in destabilizing and decentering--"turning on and dropping out"--but as powerful aids in restoring and reenchanting our shared worlds.

Author: David J. Blacker
ISBN-10: 1438498136
ISBN-13: 9781438498133
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2024
Pages: 354
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d