Mind and Consciousness

Research into altered states of consciousness. The lecture part of this course reviews East-West approaches to spiritual experiences.

Topics covered:

• Objective and subjective perspectives to higher states of consciousness.
• Neural and physiological studies, compared with experiential testimonials.
• Cartography of HSC.
• Major modalities such as sleep and dreams, trance, psychoactive plants and drugs, hypnosis, meditation, lucid dreaming, biofeedback, psychosis, ecstatic and mystical states of consciousness.
• The challenges to the scientific Newtonian-Cartesian paradigms.

Altered States of Consciousness is a hybrid course, with both online and workshop components.