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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Altered States"”.
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Altered states: feminist utopian literature
… the interaction between feminist utopianism and altered states of consciousness in fiction from 1970 onwards. The thesis develops further both Lyman Tower Sargent’s definition of utopianism as “social dreaming” and Tom Moylan’s understanding of critical utopia. It also develops and expands Lucy …
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The Transformative Nature of Altered States of Consciousness in Youth Subculture
There are transformative experiences of altered states of consciousness common to the human condition that exist across cultures, belief systems and appear in both religious and secular literature. These experiences can hold profound meaning to the individuals that hold them and cause tremendous …
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Creativity, altered states of consciousness and anomalous cognition: the role of epistemological flexibility in the creative process
… is, and if so, how, is creativity related to altered states of consciousness (ASCs) and parapsychological experiences? This thesis systematically explores the relationship between multiple dimensions of creativity and: personality traits characterised by an openness to intrapersonal experience …
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Sleep, Sickness, and Spirituality: Altered States and Victorian Visions of Femininity in British and American Art, 1850-1915
… in art of the Victorian woman in “altered states.” Though characterized in Victorian art in a number of ways, women are most commonly stereotyped as physically listless and mentally vacuous. The images examined show the Victorian female in a languid and at times reclining or supine …
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Where Does it Stem From? - Functional Neuroimaging of Monoaminergic Brainstem Nuclei in Altered States of Consciousness: Translational, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications
Altered states of consciousness (ASCs) provide models through which the necessary and sufficient neural underpinnings for consciousness can be characterised. Indeed, the study of ASCs through human functional neuroimaging has identified large-scale cortical networks (such as the default mode …
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Korngold's Dream States: An Analysis of Transitional Passages in Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Opera "Die tote Stadt"
… thesis aims to compare Korngold’s treatment of altered states of reality in his 1920 opera <em>Die tote Stadt</em> to that of other composers and apply a theoretical approach to explain the transitions between the diegetic realms, or multiple narrative levels, that the work is contained within. …
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The origins of Christian ecstasy: a critical survey.
… basis for discussion of the place of altered states of consciousness in Christian origins. (I) Our first chapter, 'Ecstasy: Dimensions and Anatomy', is concerned with preliminary orientation. We briefly review the way that the topic is regarded within various disciplines, and argue …
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Painting as process: a Jungian approach to image and imagination as experiential practice in contemporary culture
… Other as Outsider. Speculations on the idea of altered states of consciousness are explored in relation to different values (both cultural and a-cultural) and the primacy of imagination in the formation of affective relationships between self and world.
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The cognitive function of the DMN and its role in consciousness
Background: Whatever mental states one is experiencing, the brain is constantly active and demonstrates surprisingly regular spatial patterns, which are characterised by the presence of intrinsic functional connectivity networks (ICNs). Among them, the default mode network (DMN) has generated …
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Communicating the Unspeakable: Linguistic Phenomena in the Psychedelic Sphere
… in the psychedelic sphere for the field of altered states of consciousness research (ASCR). The model is developed from a neurophenomenological perspective, especially the work of Francisco Varela, and Michael Winkelman’s work in shamanistic ASC, which in turn builds on the biogenetic …
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The characterisation of the peanut agglutinin an evolved plant lectin, with improved specificity to the Thompson Freidenriech antigen
… A number of tumour cells are characterised by altered states and patterns of glycosylation on cell surfaces and suitably engineered lectins may be able to recognise tumour specific carbohydrate structures. This study was aimed at carrying out the biophysical characterisation of a set of PNA …
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The Las Vegas phenomenon
… groups are Magic, Charms and Jinxes, Ritual, Altered-States of Consciousness, and Divining each having a subsequent section in my thesis. The transformative experiences, ideas, and behaviors are like-wise categorized into separate groups. These separate groups and subsequent sections are …
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Probing the depths of unconsciousness with multifunctional neurotechnology
… improved understanding of the mechanisms behind altered states of consciousness. Studying the brain's functional equilibrium, and how it can be disrupted, has motivated increasingly high resolution and multifunctional neurotechnology. Inferring the dynamic structure of neuronal signaling from …
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Religious orientation and flow
<p>This study explored the nature and extent of relationships between religious orientations, religious orthodoxy, and flow, which is an experience akin to “being in the zone” in sports. The three religious orientations examined were intrinsic religiosity, which involves shaping one’s life around …
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Human levitation
… deliberately or involuntarily, do so while in an altered state of consciousness (ASC). The hypothesis-generating exercise, therefore, postulates that certain ASCs facilitate human levitation, and that further research into the capacity of consciousness to access what appears to be transcendent or …
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Anatomy of visual hallucinations and fluctuations of consciousness in Lewy body diseases
… features of dementia, visual hallucinations and altered states of consciousness. The underlying neurobiological changes responsible for the psychiatric features are poorly understood. The integrative centre and key area for arousal, the thalamus, has not been assessed for neurodegeneration in …
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Recovering From Modesty: A Response to theAlteration of An Old Master At Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
… altarpiece by Denys Calvaert. The painting was altered during restoration, as someone painted a wisp of fabric to cover the exposed genitals of the nude Christ Child. Bob Jones Jr., founder of the collection and then University president, cited the expectations of the University's Fundamentalist …
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