Based on a series of con-versations between Metzner and Ram Dass and recorded by psychiatrist and author Gary Bravo, this book describes their initial experiments at Harvard, the experiments after they were dismissed from Harvard, their ...
These are ethnographic field reports, first-hand observations from an underground sub-culture, accompanied by the experiences of a selected number of participant-observers.
Metzner offers readers a definitive map through the maze of spiritual options available to them, identifying the universal structures that underlie the varieties of transformative experience, much as William James...
A deeply personal account of the scientific, shamanic, and metaphysical encounters that led to the development of Metzner’s psychological methods • Recounts the author’s meetings and friendships with Albert Hofmann, Alexander Shulgin, ...
This book describes in vivid detail the consciousness-expanding experiences of psychoactive mushroom users--from artists to psychologists--and the healing visionary inspiration they received.
An exploration of the chemical, biological, psychological, and experiential dimensions of ayahuasca • Details the scientific discovery of ayahuasca’s sophisticated psychoactive delivery system in the brain and body and its potential ...
This book will be an inspiration for lay audiences and a treasure trove of information for scholars studying consciousneess and the human psyche.” --Stanislav Grof, M.D., author of LSD Psychotherapy, Psychology of the Future, and The ...
An exploration of the chemical, biological, psychological, and experiential dimensions of ayahuasca • Details the scientific discovery of ayahuasca’s sophisticated psychoactive delivery system in the brain and body and its potential ...
In Ayahuasca, objective scientific information and the narratives of ayahuasca users -- shamans and others -- are presented together. Readers will also learn the pharmacology of this Amazonian plant.
Martin, Bruno: Auf einem Raumschiff mit Gurdjieff. 2009 (siehe www.gurdjieffwork.de) Metzner, Ralph: The Unfolding Self – Varieties of Transformative Experience. Novato, 1998. Metzner, Ralph: The Well of Remembrance. Boston, 1994.
In his introduction to The Well of Remembrance, author Ralph Metzner provides a telling explanation of the theme of his work: "This book explores some of the mythic roots of the Western worldview, the worldview of the culture that, for ...
This book will help you dismantle tired, old traditions that tell us that we should avoid pain and seek pleasure or pursue power, and shows us that even pain can play an important part in how we choose to live.
... unbewussten Existenz zu erwachen – und uns über unsere höchsten spirituellen und kreativen Potenziale klar zu werden. Um expansive, positive Bewusstseinszustände konstruktiv für mehr Gesundheit, Kreativität und Wachstum zu nutzen ...
These are ethnographic field reports: first-hand observations from an underground sub-culture, accompanied by the experiences of a selected number of participant-observers.
Opening to Inner Light: The Transformation of Human Nature and Consciousness
In Green Psychology Ralph Metzner explores the history of this global pathology and examines the ways that we can restore a healing relationship with nature.
Dark Retreat unveils the Stars inside.
In this wholly unique book, the authors provide an interpretation of an ancient sacred manuscript, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, from a psychedelic perspective.
This book describes in vivid detail the consciousness-expanding experiences of psychoactive mushroom users--from artists to psychologists--and the healing visionary inspiration they received.
"It is said that the Buddha recognized only one miracle - the transformation of human consciousness. This book describes the processes of individual evolutionary transformation.