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Annotation Alterations Of Consciousness Is A Refreshing And Richly Analytic Investigation Into The Nature Of Cognitive Reality. Imants Baruss Explores Various Manifestations Of Consciousness With Rational And Empirical Rigor Beginning With More Ordinary States Such As Thinking, Sleeping, Dreaming And Continuing On Into Hypnosis, Trance, Psychedelic Experiences, Transcendence, And Experiences Related To Death. This Comprehensive Overview Of Altered States Examines Consciousness From The Physiological, Cognitive, And Experiential Points Of View. Readers Will Gain From This Engaging Text An Enriched Understanding Of Consciousness, Reality, And The Scientific Endeavor. Wakefulness -- Sleep -- Dreams -- Hypnosis -- Trance -- Psychedelics -- Transcendence -- Death. By Imants Barušs. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 241-277) And Index. This book presents an analytic investigation into the nature of cognitive reality. The author explores various manifestations of consciousness with rational and empirical rigor; he begins with more ordinary states such as thinking, sleeping, and dreaming and then continues on with more extraordinary states such as hypnosis, trance, psychedelic experiences, transcendence, and experiences associated with death. This comprehensive overview of altered states examines consciousness from the physiological, cognitive, and experiential points of view. Readers will gain from this text an enriched understanding of consciousness, reality, and the scientific endeavor. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) Alterations of Consciousness is an investigation into the nature of cognitive reality. Imants Baruss explores various manifestations of consciousness with rational and empirical rigor; he begins with more ordinary states such as thinking, sleeping, and dreaming and then continues on with more extraordinary states such as hypnosis, trance, psychedelic experiences, transcendence, and experiences associated with death. This comprehensive overview of altered states examines consciousness from the physiological, cognitive, and experiential points of view. --From publisher's description Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada. Text investigates the nature of cognitive reality. Explores various manifestations of consciousness starting with ordinary states such as thinking, sleeping, and dreaming. Also explores the more extraordinary states such as hypnosis, trance, psychedelic experiences, transcendence, and experiences associated with death.