Altered states of consciousness : a book of readings

Online version:

pt. 1. Some general views on altered states of consciousness

Altered states of consciousness / Arnold M. Ludwig

Deautomatization and the mystic experience / Arthur J. Deikman

A special inquiry with Aldous Huxley into the nature and character of various states of consciousness / Milton H. Erickson

pt. 2. Between waking and sleeping : the hypnagogic state. Ego functions and dreaming during sleep onset / Gerald Vogel, David Foulkes & Harry Trosman

Some preliminary observations with an experimental procedure for the study of hypnagogic and related phenomena / M. Bertini, Helen B. Lewis & Herman A. Witkin

pt. 3. Dream consciousness. Theories of dream formation and recent studies of sleep consciousness / David Foulkes

Toward the experimental control of dreaming : a review of the literature / Charles T. Tart

A study of dreams / Frederik van Eeden

Dream theory in Malaya / Kilton Stewart

The 'high' dream : a new state of consciousness / Charles T. Tart

pt. 4. Meditation . On meditation / Edward W. Maupin

Individual differences in response to a zen meditation exercise / Edward W.E. Maupin

Experimental meditation / Arthur J. Deikman

Meditative techniques in psychotherapy / Wolfgang Kretschmer

pt. 5. Hypnosis. Hypnosis and the concept of the generalized reality-orientation / Ronald E. Shor

Three Dimensions of hypnotic depth / Ronald E. Shor

Hypnosis, depth perception, and the psychedelic experience / Bernard S. Aaronson

The psychedelic state, the hypnotic trance, and the creative act / Stanley Krippner

Psychedelic experiences associated with a novel hypnotic procedure, mutual hypnosis / Charles T. Tart

Autogenic training : method, research and application in medicine / Wolfgang Luthe

pt. 6. Minor psychedelic drugs. Marijuana (cannabis) fact sheet / Bruin Humanist Forum

The effects of marijuana on consciousness / Anonymous

Psychedelic properties of genista canariensis / James Fadiman

Subjective effects of nitrous oxide / William James

Inhalation psychosis and related states / Frederick B. Glaser

pt. 7. Major psychedelic drugs. Current status and future trend in psychedelic research / Robert E. Mogar

Implications of LSD and experimental mysticism / Walter N. Pahnke & William A. Richard

Attitude and behavior change through psychedelic drug use / Joseph Downing

Ipomoea purpurea : a naturally occurring psychedelic / Charles Savage, Willis W. Harman & James Fadiman

Psychedelic agents in creative problem solving / Willis Harman [and others]

'Psychedelic' experiences in acute psychoses / Malcolm B. Bowers Jr. & Daniel Freedman

Guide to the literature on psychedelic drugs / Charles T. Tart

pt. 8. The psychophysiology of some altered states of consciousness

An electroencephalographic study on the zen meditation (Zazen) / Akira Kasamatsu & Tomio Hirai

Some aspects of electroencephalographic studies in yogis / B.K. Anand, G.S. Chhina & Baldev Singh

Operant control of the EEG alpha rhythm and some of its reported effects on consciousness / Joe Kamiya