Holy men and their sky journeys: a cross-cultural model

Insights from cultural anthropology, a science that compares cultures, and cognitive neuroscience, a discipline that deals with the one thing that all human beings have had in common for millennia: the human body, contribute to the construction of a model for analyzing and interpreting sky journeys...

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Published in:Biblical theology bulletin
Main Author: Pilch, John J. 1937-2016 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 2005
In: Biblical theology bulletin
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Trip to the beyond / Change of consciousness
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AE Psychology of religion
Further subjects:B Apocalypticism
B Cultural anthropology
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Insights from cultural anthropology, a science that compares cultures, and cognitive neuroscience, a discipline that deals with the one thing that all human beings have had in common for millennia: the human body, contribute to the construction of a model for analyzing and interpreting sky journeys made in alternate states of consciousness (ASCs) and reported in ancient literature.
ISSN:0045-1843
Contains:In: Biblical theology bulletin