Sacred knowledge
Psychedelics and Religious Experiences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6571187 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Richards, William A Richards (0000-0003-0730-9249) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 244 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Sacred knowledge (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| OpenAlex | W4240789427 |
| Open Library | OL27202926M |
| ISBN | 9780231174060 |
| Language | EN |
In the early 1960s, scientists openly advocated for experimentation with psychedelics. This effort, however, quickly turned into a discredited enterprise involving recreational drug use. But what if a study of psychedelics was undertaken with trusted scientific rigor? William A. Richards does just that in Sacred Knowledge, the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences
Consciousness · Epistemology · Experiential learning · Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience · Political science · Religious experience · Scholarship · Sociology · Chemical synthesis and alkaloids · Law · Philosophy · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Psychology · Hallucinogens · Religion and Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |