DMT and the Soul of Prophecy by Strassman, Rick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgments Table of Contents Books of the Hebrew Bible Prologue

ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK

Part 1. From Psychedelic Drugs to the Hebrew Bible

Chapter 1: Setting the Stage

PROPHECY PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS THE THEONEUROLOGICAL MODEL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS WHY A NEW MODEL? WHAT THIS BOOK DOES NOT PROPOSE THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF AMATEUR HEBREW BIBLE SCHOLARSHIP THE CONTROVERSIAL NATURE OF THIS PROJECT FOR WHOM THIS BOOK IS INTENDED

Chapter 2: Defining Our Terms

CONSCIOUSNESS SPIRITUAL RELIGION THEOLOGY METAPHYSICS SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES AND THEIR TYPES ETHICS AND MORALITY

Chapter 3: The Path to DMT

ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS: EAST MEETS WEST PERSONAL FACTORS THE PINEAL GLAND AND CONSCIOUSNESS WHAT DMT IS

Chapter 4: The DMT World

THE PROJECT PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS THE MESSAGE AND MEANING OF THE DMT STATE DMT AND ENLIGHTENMENT WHERE IS THIS? GENERATING THE DMT WORLD PERCEIVING THE DMT WORLD SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Chapter 5: Candidate Religious Systems

BUDDHISM AND PSYCHEDELICS BUDDHISM AND THE DMT EXPERIENCE LATIN AMERICAN SHAMANISM CAVEATS COMMON TO BUDDHISM AND LATIN AMERICAN SHAMANISM

Part 2. The Hebrew Bible: Basic Notions

Chapter 6: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

A CHANCE ENCOUNTER THE HEBREW BIBLE’S MODEL WHAT IS THE HEBREW BIBLE? AUTHORSHIP AND LANGUAGE STUDYING THE HEBREW BIBLE THE HEBREW BIBLE AFFECTS OUR CONSCIOUSNESS OUR CONSCIOUSNESS AFFECTS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HEBREW BIBLE EXCURSUS: ANOTHER LOOK AT ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN

Chapter 7: God

A NOTE ON GOD’S PRONOUN HOW I “FOUND” GOD NAMES OF GOD WHAT GOD IS NOT: ANTHROPOMORPHISMS AND HOMONYMOUS TERMS INTERMEDIARIES AND ANGELS LEARNING ABOUT GOD’S NATURE THEODICY

Chapter 8: Prophet and Prophecy

NAMES FOR SOMEONE EXPERIENCING PROPHECY WORDS FOR PROPHECY A NOTE ON THE BUDDHA AND ENLIGHTENMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPHET TRAINING, DISCIPLESHIP, AND GUILDS TRANSFER OF PROPHECY HOW TO MAKE PROPHECY MORE LIKELY SPECIAL PLACES EXOGENOUS PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES IN THE HEBREW BIBLE? THE URIM AND THUMMIM

Part 3. The Prophetic State: Comparison with the DMT Experience

Chapter 9: Overview

MATERIALS AND METHODS BEINGS RELATEDNESS COMPARING MESSAGES THE APPROACH OF THE MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS

Chapter 10: The Body

TUMULTUOUS ONSET WEIGHT MOVEMENT THROUGH SPACE SHAKINESS TEMPERATURE GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS STRENGTH PHYSICAL STRUGGLE TRANSITION TO NORMAL CONSCIOUSNESS RETURNING TO THE BODY SUMMARY

Chapter 11: Emotions

AWE, FEAR, AND REVERENCE SAFETY, REASSURANCE, AND PEACE EUPHORIA, JOY, AND HAPPINESS GRIEF, SORROW, AND DESPAIR LOVE AND COMPASSION ANGER, HATRED, AND BITTERNESS HUMILIATION ISOLATION AMOUNT OF EMOTIONS SUMMARY

Chapter 12: Perception

TASTE TACTILE EFFECTS AUDITORY EFFECTS VISION SYNESTHESIA SUMMARY

Chapter 13: Cognition

LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS CONFUSION OR LOSS OF INSIGHT THE AWARENESS, SENTIENCE, AND INTELLIGENCE OF BEINGS ASSESSMENT OF REALITY SUMMARY

Chapter 14: Volition and Will

MOVEMENT SPEAKING SENSE OF CONTROL SUMMARY

Chapter 15: Relatedness

RELATEDNESS, THE DMT EXPERIENCE, AND PROPHECY PHYSICAL RELATEDNESS AFFECTIVE RELATEDNESS NONVERBAL PERCEPTUAL COMMUNICATION COGNITIVE COMMUNICATION PURPOSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP SUMMARY

Chapter 16: Kavod

BIBLICAL AMBIGUITY APPEARANCE AND IDENTITY: CLOUD AND FIRE, ANGEL AND GOD KAVOD OCCUPIES SPACE SOMATIC EFFECTS AFFECT VOLITION PERCEPTION RELATEDNESS DMT SUMMARY

Chapter 17: Message and Meaning I

THE CANONICAL VS. NONCANONICAL MESSAGE PREPARING FOR WHAT FOLLOWS ELEMENTS OF THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE WHAT GOD IS WHAT GOD DOES GUIDELINES FOR LIVING: PROPER RELATIONSHIPS SUMMARY

Chapter 18: Message and Meaning II

FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE PROPHECY WISDOM POETRY COMPARING MESSAGES OF THE HEBREW BIBLE AND BUDDHISM SUMMARY

Part 4. Mechanisms: Spiritual and Material

Chapter 19: The Metaphysics of Prophecy

RELEVANCE TO THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY MEDIEVAL METAPHYSICS: A BRIEF REVIEW METAPHYSICAL EXPLANATIONS OF PROPHECY THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE HOW ONE BECOMES A PROPHET FORETELLING KAVOD FALSE PROPHECY

Chapter 20: The Metaphysics of DMT

DMT AND THE PROPHETIC STATE IMAGINATION AND INTELLECT, PHENOMENOLOGY AND MESSAGE THE EMBEDDED NATURE OF THE PHENOMENOLOGY AND OF THE MESSAGE THE TRUTH OF THE MESSAGE THE URIM AND THUMMIM THE WORLD TO COME PROPHECY, DMT, AND THE BEINGS DMT, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE NATURE OF REALITY

Part 5. The Past, Present, and Future of Prophecy

Chapter 21: The End of Prophecy

METAPHYSICS AND THEOLOGY BIOLOGY HISTORY AND POLITICS DID PROPHECY REALLY END? PROPHECY AFTER THE PROPHETS SUMMARY

Chapter 22: The Once and Future Prophet

THE IDEA OF A BIRTHRIGHT THE IMAGINATION THE RATIONAL FACULTY HASTENING THE END PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS RISKS

Chapter 23: Concluding Remarks

Appendix

HEBREW BIBLE TRANSLATIONS POSTBIBLICAL WRITINGS CLASSICAL BIBLICAL COMMENTATORS AND PHILOSOPHERS

Footnotes Endnotes Bibliography Biblical Index About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Copyright & Permissions Index

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