The Book of Highs by Rosenfeld, Edward -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Dedication Part One: Just Your Self

Chapter 1: Awareness

1 Concentration 2 Self-awareness 3 Philosophical awareness 4 Sensory awareness 5 Biological awareness 6 Visceral awareness 7 Rhythmic and cyclical awareness 8 Planetary awareness 9 Short-lived phenomena 10 Semantic awareness 11 Extraspecies communication 12 Cultural awareness 13 Awareness of others

Chapter 2: Positive techniques

14 Meditation 15 Prolonged observation 16 Spinning 17 Fervent prayer 18 Long times at sea, in the desert, in the Arctic 19 Self-hypnosis 20 Alterations of breathing 21 Trance 22 Myths, tales, and koans 23 Rituals 24 Chanting and mantras 25 Mudra 26 Problem solving 27 Extra-sensory perception 28 Culturally based visual illusions 29 Auditory illusions 30 Afterimages 31 Repetition 32 Psychological exercises 33 Mathematics 34 Continuous singing 35 Manual phosphene stimulation 36 Zen power yell 37 Poetry 38 Voluntary silence 39 Loving

Chapter 3: Negative techniques

40 Suffering 41 Pain 42 Forbidden activities 43 Rage 44 Paranoia 45 Panic 46 Psychosis 47 Amnesia 48 Exhaustion 49 Delirium of high fevers 50 Epileptic seizures 51 Migraines 52 Narcotic withdrawal 53 Demonic possession 54 Brainwashing 55 Self-flagellation 56 Fire walking 57 Fasting 58 Sleep deprivation 59 Involuntary isolation 60 Near-death and out-of-body experiences

Chapter 4: Fantasy, sleep, dreaming, and sex

61 Fantasy and daydreaming 62 Remembering and reverie 63 Lullabies 64 Sleep 65 Dreaming 66 Dream incubation 67 Hypnagogic phenomena 68 Lucid dreaming 69 Dreams applied to waking life 70 Hypnopompic phenomena 71 Sunbathing 72 Floating 73 Sex 74 Prolonged sexual intercourse 75 Orgasm 76 Nudity 77 Prolonged masturbation 78 Orgiastic or corybantic dancing

Chapter 5: Everyday life

79 Zen morning laugh 80 Impressions are food 81 Sensory reminiscence 82 Déjà vu 83 Synesthesia 84 Seeking 85 Forgetting 86 Art experience 87 Creativity 88 Profound esthetic experience 89 Flow 90 Peak experience 91 Movement 92 Postures 93 Tensing 94 Jumping up and down 95 Play 96 Running 97 Gymnastics 98 Golf 99 Mountaineering and rock climbing 100 Mushroom hunting 101 Survival tests 102 Futures 103 Acceleration and future shock 104 Voluntary social withdrawal 105 Communes 106 Everyday experience

Part Two: Help from Others

Chapter 6: Therapies and miscellaneous

107 Psychoanalysis 108 Analytical psychology 109 Character analysis 110 Psychodrama and drama therapy 111 Logotherapy 112 Existential therapy 113 Rational psychotherapy 114 General semantics 115 Final integration 116 Thanatological awareness 117 Gestalt therapy 118 Maslovian psychology 119 Transpersonal psychology 120 Sensory training 121 Bio-energetic analysis 122 Grounding and energy 123 Psychomotor therapy 124 Psychosynthesis 125 Client-centered therapy 126 Behavior therapy 127 Cognitive behavioral therapy 128 Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing 129 Encounter 130 Marathon 131 Potentials 132 Art therapy 133 Family therapy 134 A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT) 135 Dance therapy 136 Imago relationship therapy 137 Theater games 138 Primal therapy 139 Rolfing 140 Alexander technique 141 Autogenic training 142 Flagellation 143 Hypnosis 144 Massage 145 Kinesics 146 Laban movement 147 Bates method 148 Compressed time

Chapter 8: Religions, mysticism, and movements

149 Yoga 150 Transcendental Meditation 151 Agni Yoga 152 Tibetan Buddhism 153 Tantric sex 154 Body chanting 155 Taoism 156 Confucianism 157 Buddhism 158 Tea ceremony 159 Haiku 160 Kendo and kyudo 161 T’ai chi ch’uan 162 Martial arts 163 Calligraphy and Sumie 164 Flower arrangement 165 Sufism 166 Subud 167 Jewish mysticism 168 Astrology 169 Magick 170 Alchemy 171 Anthroposophy 172 Arica 173 Religious pilgrimage 174 Revival meetings 175 Religious conversion 176 Séances 177 Faith healing 178 Charismatic speakers 179 Crowds 180 Spontaneous gatherings, flash mobs, and happenings

Part Three: Devices and Machines

Chapter 8: Nonelectric

181 I Ching 182 Tarot 183 The ten oxherding pictures 184 Finnegans Wake 185 Incense 186 Sensory orgy 187 Intensive instrument playing 188 Sound meditation 189 Metronome watching 190 Stained glass 191 Hot and cold baths 192 Environmental control 193 Sensory deprivation 194 Witches’ cradle and ASCID 195 Body confinement 196 Hermann’s grid 197 Peripheral drift 198 Autostereograms 199 Ames perceptual demonstrations 200 Mandalas 201 Gymnastic equipment 202 Scuba and skin diving 203 Bells 204 Masks 205 Rock throwing 206 Automobile destruction 207 Kayak disease 208 Engine rough 209 Skydiving 210 Breakoff 211 Gliding 212 Land diving 213 Skiing and snowboarding 214 Space travel 215 Trepanning

Chapter 9: Electric

216 Sensory overload 217 Electronic dance music 218 Natural sound amplification 219 Prolonged radar-screen observation 220 Movies 221 Stroboscopes 222 Continuous light and sound 223 Dream machine 224 Riley room 225 Binaural beats 226 Missing frequencies 227 Infinity room 228 Magnets 229 Transcranial magnetic stimulation 230 Negative ionization 231 Psychedelic bathtub 232 Moiré patterns 233 Seeing your eye 234 Electrical stimulation of the mastoid 235 Electric clothing 236 Ganzfeld effect 237 Electrosleep 238 Sound and motion sensors 239 Electronically generated visual illusions 240 OKPLD 241 Repetition tapes 242 Brain-wave biofeedback 243 Electrodermal activity 244 Muscle biofeedback 245 Heartbeat and respiration biofeedback 246 Virtual reality 247 Augmented reality 248 Mutual wave machine 249 Holophonic sound 250 Simulated body illusions 251 Autonomous sensory meridian response 252 Video games 253 Brain music 254 Electrical stimulation of the brain 255 Living About the Author Copyright