
Altered States of Consciousness
What altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.
During extraordinary moments of consciousness—shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication—our senses of time and self are altered; we may even feel time and self dissolving. These experiences have long been igno...
What altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.
During extraordinary moments of consciousness—shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication—our senses of time and self are altered; we may even feel time and self dissolving. These experiences have long been igno...