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Altering Consciousness: Volume 1
3 February 2026
Eds. Etzel Cardenas & Michael Winkelman
The first of a two-volume scholarly survey on altered states of consciousness, focusing on historical, cultural, and humanistic contexts. Examines ASCs in prehistoric ritual, shamanism, ceremonial rites, literature, philosophy, and the arts.
Publisher: Praeger, 2011
ISBN: 9780313383083
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