Mysticism and Philosophy is a book on mystical experience published by Walter Terence Stace in 1960. Stace's work is, as its name implies, a philosophical work. As such it is not about life skills nor it is an ethical guide either, but…
Sometimes, very rarely though, it happens that unexpectedly our mind behaves strangely and, for a while, we experience something that is called a mystical experience. However, our consciousness does not expand or rise to a higher level even though it may seem so.…
Certain peculiarities in our personal growth and development offer an interesting opportunity for the interpretation of consciousness. It is worth noting that unlike psychedelic experiences, the spontaneous changes in the state of consciousness provide us with the key to the causes of…
The power of psychedelics is gaining increasing interest in several fields of science. Some professional philosophers are attracted to the impact of psychedelics on philosophical thinking, particularly on metaphysics, which is the science of the most fundamental questions of knowledge. In the…
Basically, psychedelics can be treated in two different ways. They can be seen as distorting or revealing reality. If they are considered distorting, or as hallucinogens, there is no point in looking for their logic. Substances that distort reality have nothing to…
The evolution of modern man is studied in paleoanthropology. Bone fossils tell of structural changes in species, but not of mental development. The mind is not retained in the soil sediments. There is still a road to the ancient mental landscape. From…