Altered States of Consciousness

604 Pages·1969·52.25 MB·English

by  Charles T. Tart

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ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
CHARLES TART
T. teaches both
humanistic psychology and
experimental psychology in the
Department of Psychology of the
University of California, Davis. He
studied electrical engineering at
M. I. T. and received his Ph.D. in
psychology from the University of
North Carolina. He has served as
Instructor in Psychiatry at the
University of Virginia Medical School
and as Lecturer in Psychology at
Stanford University.
Professor Tart is well known for
his work in the areas of psycho-
physiology, sleep and dreams,
hypnosis, humanistic psychology,
and parapsychology. He is the author
of over fifty scientific papers and
articles and holds a patent for a
device he invented that is designed
to be used in light shows.
ALTERED OF
STATES
CONSCIOUSNESS
Edited by
CHARLES TART
T.
ANCHOR BOOKS
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC.
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
ALTERED STATES OF CONSaOUSNESS
was
originally published by John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., in 1969, with the subtitle A Book of
Readings. The Anchor Booksedition is
published byairangement with John Wiley&
Sons, Inc.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-189947
©
Copyright 1969, 1972 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United Statesof America
This hook is dedicated to my wife, Judy,
without whose love and assistance it could never
have heen written.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
i
INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION
7
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION SOME GENERAL
1. 1.
VIEWS ON ALTERED STATES OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
9
1 Altered States of Consciousness, Arnold M. Ludwig 11
2 Deautomatization and the Mystic Experience, Arthur
J.
Deikman 25
3 A Special Inquiry with Aldous Huxley into the Nature
and Character of Various States of Consciousness, Milton
H. Erickson 47
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION BETWEEN WAKING
2. 2.
AND SLEEPING: THE HYPNAGOGIC STATE 75
4 Ego Functions and Dreaming during Sleep Onset, Gerald
Vogel, David Foulkes, and Harry Trosman 'j'j
5 Some Preliminary Observations with an Experimental
Procedure for the Study of Hypnagogic and Related
Phenomena, M. Bertini, Helen B. Lewis, and Herman A.
Witkin 95
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION DREAM
3. 3.
CONSCIOUSNESS
115
6 Theories of Dream Formation and Recent Studies of
Sleep Consciousness, David Foulkes 119
7 Toward the Experimental Control of Dreaming: A
Review of the Literature, Charles T. Tart 134
A
8 Study of Dreams, Frederik van Eeden 147
9 Dream Theory in Malaya, Kilton Stewart 161
10 The "High" Dream: A New State of Consciousness,
Charles T. Tart 171
51
VIU CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION MEDITATION
4. 4. 177
1 On Meditation, Edward W. Maupin 181
12 Individual Differences in Response to a Zen
Meditation Exercise, Edward W. Maupin 191
13 Experimental Meditation, Arthur Deikman 203
J.
14 Meditative Techniques in Psychotherapy, Wolfgang
Kretschmer 224
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION HYPNOSIS
5. 5. 235
Hypnosis and the Concept of the Generalized
1
Reality-Orientation, Ronald E. Shot 239
16 Three Dimensions of Hypnotic Depth, Ronald E.
Shor 257
17 Hypnosis, Depth Perception, and Psychedelic
Experience, Bernard S. Aaronson 268
18 The Psychedelic State, the Hypnotic Trance, and the
Creative Act, Stanley Krippner 276
19 Psychedehc Experiences Associated with a Novel
Hypnotic Procedure, Mutual Hypnosis, Charles T.
Tart 297
20 Autogenic Training: Method, Research, and Application
in Medicine, Wolfgang Luthe 316
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION MINOR
6. 6.
PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS
327
21 Marijuana (Cannabis) Fact Sheet, Bruin Humanist
Forum 333
22 The Effects of Marijuana on Consciousness,
Anonymous 343
23 Psychedelic Properties of Genista Canariensis,
James Fadiman 365
24 Subjective Effects of Nitrous Oxide, WiUiam
James 367
25 Inhalation Psychosis and Related States, Frederick B.
Glaser 371