"Psychedelic Mindview". Taught by Thomas B. Roberts, Ph. D., Northern Illinois University, Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations, DeKalb, IL. Fall 2004.
undergraduates EPS 492-1 (appears on TRACS only)
graduates EPS 592-1 (listed as Seminar in Ed. Psych.)
Objectives:
Psychedelic research may be the field with the greatest gap between the information scholars and scientists have discovered and what the general public knows. This course helps bridge that gap by surveying psychedelics' history from archaeological times to the present and by examining their implications for psychotherapy and mental health, academic disciplines, and professional interests. Students will select a topic for individual study such as archeology, anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, botany, chemistry, religion, philosophy, one of the arts, literature and language, or implications for professional practices such as health, law, education, and similar fields.
Texts (subject to revision):
Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception
Stanislav Grof, Realms of the Human Unconscious
Jay Stevens, Storming Heaven
Thomas Roberts, Psychoactive Sacramentals
MAPS Bulletin, Creativity Issue
a book of one's own selection
Credit hours: 3
meets: Thursdays 6-8:40 PM, Room 340 Graham Hall
Instructor: Thomas B. Roberts, Ph. D.
Department: Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
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