Event overview
Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Invited Speaker Series 2008/09
Abstract
The traditional use of psychoactive plants as sacramentals in spiritual and magical rituals has continued for thousands of years. The use of these powerful psychoactive substances has long been reported to induce ostensibly paranormal phenomena such as clairvoyance, telepathy and precognition, and they have traditionally been used expressly for these and other psychic effects the world over by the indigenous groups who use them. The question arises of whether these phenomena are genuine are not, and the evidence is reviewed here for the first time in decades. Regardless of the outcome of this review, however, the known chemistry of these plants can at least teach us something about the neurobiology of paranormal-like experiences, if not of genuine paranormal phenomena.
Biography
Dr. David Luke lectures in psychology at several London universities and is a writer and researcher with a special interest in parapsychology and altered states of consciousness. He has studied techniques of consciousness alteration from South America to India, from the perspective of scientists, shamans and Shivaites. He lives life on the edge, of Shoreditch.
Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Invited Speaker Series 2008/09
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 18 Nov 2008 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
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