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      Human nature and the nature of reality: conceptual challenges from consciousness research.

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      Journal of psychoactive drugs
      Informa UK Limited

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          Holotropic states (a large special subgroup of nonordinary states of consciousness) have been the focus of many fields of modern research, such as experiential psychotherapy, clinical and laboratory work with psychedelic substances, field anthropology, thanatology, and therapy with individuals undergoing psychospiritual crises ("spiritual emergencies"). This research has generated a plethora of extraordinary observations that have undermined some of the most fundamental assumptions of modern psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy. Some of these new findings seriously challenge the most basic philosophical tenets of Western science concerning the relationship between matter, life, and consciousness. This article summarizes the most important major revisions that would have to be made in our understanding of consciousness and of the human psyche in health and disease to accommodate these conceptual challenges. These areas of changes include: a new understanding and cartography of the human psyche; the nature and architecture of emotional and psychosomatic disorders; therapeutic mechanisms and the process of healing; the strategy of psychotherapy and self-exploration; the role of spirituality in human life; and the nature of reality.

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          Journal
          J Psychoactive Drugs
          Journal of psychoactive drugs
          Informa UK Limited
          0279-1072
          0279-1072
          January 30 1999
          : 30
          : 4
          Affiliations
          [1 ] California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, USA.
          Article
          10.1080/02791072.1998.10399710
          9924840
          2a46addc-9b41-43f1-b1b5-e22dfb7bb01b
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