LSD and the Mind of the Universe by Bache, Christopher M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Image Title Page Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgments Table of Contents Foreword by Ervin Laszlo Introduction. 73 Days Chapter One. The Path of Temporary Immersion

The Therapeutic Protocol In a Philosopher’s Hands LSD Sessions as a Path of Spiritual Awakening Low-Dose vs. High-Dose Sessions LSD Sessions as a Journey of Cosmic Exploration Two Phases of a Session The Craft of Remembering Defining the Conversation The Participatory Dynamics of Disclosure Platforms of Experience Calling Down Heaven The Suffering of Death and Rebirth

Chapter Two. Crossing the Boundary of Birth and Death

The Welcoming The Perinatal Domain Ego-Death Addendum: The Perinatal Level of Consciousness

Chapter Three. A Session Day Chapter Four. The Ocean of Suffering

The Ocean of Suffering The Riddle of the Ocean of Suffering On the Eve of Stopping

Chapter Five. Deep Time and the Soul

My Life as a Completed Whole The Great Oak and the Hillside of Karma Rooted in Time Reincarnation and the Soul Stepping-Stones Stopping My Sessions Addendum: Other Instances of Future-Seeing

Chapter Six. Initiation into the Universe

Expanding the Narrative—Who Is the Patient? Why Did the Suffering End?

Chapter Seven. The Greater Real of Archetypal Reality

Entering Archetypal Reality The Living Forces of Archetypal Reality The Tissue of Our Collective Being A Note on the “Gods” of the Subtle Level Session 28 The Cycle of Purification Reincarnation and Collective Purification A Note on Learning How to Learn in Psychedelic States A Flash of “God” Addendum: Plato, Jung, and Archetypes

Chapter Eight. A Benediction of Blessings

Reflections

Chapter Nine. The Birth of the Future Human

The Visions of Awakening The Great Awakening The Nonlinear Dynamics of Awakening What Form Will the Future Human Take? Another Voice: Bede Griffiths

Chapter Ten. Diamond Luminosity

The Hunger to Return New Insights into the Psychedelic Process Vajrayana Buddhist Practice The Pivot The Transparency of Embodied Presence

Chapter Eleven. Final Vision

The Good-Bye Sessions Why I Stopped My Sessions

Chapter Twelve. Coming off the Mountain

The Deep Sadness The Sickness of Silence Entering the Sweet Valley

Appendix I. What Dies and Is Reborn? Appendix II. Pushing the Limits of Astrological Correspondence Reference List Footnotes About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright & Permissions Index