The Antipodes of the Mind
by Benny Shanon · first published 2003
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…through searching but this video should be informative: http://www.maps.org/videos/source/video14.html Two excellent, little known books about the phenomenology of psychedelic experiences are: _The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience_ http://www.amazon.com/Antipodes-Mind-Phenomenology-Ayahuasca... Comments: This is a truly excellent book, it's published by OUP and the scholarship…
on “How to Use Philosophy as a Personal Operating System: From Seneca to Musashi” ↗I highly recommend the book _The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience_ for those interested in serious scholarly research about Ayahuasca and its subjective effects. http://www.amazon.com/The-Antipodes-Mind-Phenomenology-Exper...
on “The Hacker Who Drank Ayahuasca” ↗…that these are examples of the Platonic forms and archetypes found not just in the experiences themselves, but also in the types of substances that are used. You may want to check out Shanon’s book "Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience" which goes to great lengths to document these archetypes. In this instance, Shanon is arguing that ayahuasca has the form of the "jungle", and…
on “The 19th-Century Trippers Who Probed the Mind” ↗…have comfort with nondualistic thinking tend to ride the wave better than those who have very rigid conceptions of their self identity and its resultant patterning. A rewarding read was the academic 'Antipodes of the Mind', a phenomenological study from cognitive scientist Benny Shannon. It is the most rigourous resource that addresses the wondrous weirdness of the Ayahuasca experience.
on “Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use” ↗…critique the literature about them. So I'll mention a few quality sources that, if you study them, will almost assuredly arouse your curiosity: * The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide (published book) * The Antipodes of the Mind (published book) * The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (not just about psychedelics) * Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved (published book, of particular edification and interest are the essays that precede…
on “How I Beat Depression” ↗This is a review essay of Benny Shanon, The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience (Oxford University Press, 2002), which is a detailed phenomenological account of what happens when one takes ayahuasca, a psychoactive concoction…
…ingredient in Ayahuasca) and the upshot is that yes, the imagery is surprisingly consistent even when removed from the typical ayahuasca-ceremony context and cultural factors. For some references see "The Antipodes of the Mind", a book by an Israeli cognitive psychologist who spent years doing phenomenological study of ayahuasca experiences, and "DMT: The spirit molecule", a book about studies using DMT done in the 90s.
on “How ayahuasca changed my perspective” ↗