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- Title
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES AND AYAHUASCA-INDUCED EXPERIENCES - TWO UNIQUE PATHWAYS TO A PHENOMENOLOGICALLY SIMILAR STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
- Authors
Liester, Mitchell B.
- Abstract
Individuals who survive a close brush with death often experience a profound altered state of consciousness known as a "near-death experience." Individuals who drink a South American medicine, known as "ayahuasca," experience an altered state of consciousness with numerous similarities to near-death experiences. These similarities, which occur on perceptual, emotional, cognitive, and transcendent levels, suggest near-death experiences and ayahuascainduced experiences may involve a similar state of consciousness. This article compares and contrasts the phenomena of near-death experiences and ayahuasca-induced experiences. Common features of these experiences suggest ayahuasca may be useful as a research tool in the investigation of near-death experience phenomena. Further research is suggested to expand our understanding of human consciousness and near-death experiences.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICINE; PHENOMENOLOGY; AYAHUASCA; BANISTERIOPSIS; NEAR-death experiences
- Publication
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 2013, Vol 45, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
0022-524X
- Publication type
Article