Flights of the Soul: Visions, Heavenly Journeys and Peak Experiences in the Biblical World. By John J. Pilch
In this volume of essays John J. Pilch argues that reports of several seemingly bizarre experiences in the Bible can (and probably should) be understood in terms of Altered/Alternate States of Consciousness (ASCs). This term refers to the fact that human awareness can range from sleep and dreams, th...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2012
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 287-289 |
| Review of: | Flights of the soul (Grand Rapids, Mich : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 2011) (Eve, Eric)
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| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | In this volume of essays John J. Pilch argues that reports of several seemingly bizarre experiences in the Bible can (and probably should) be understood in terms of Altered/Alternate States of Consciousness (ASCs). This term refers to the fact that human awareness can range from sleep and dreams, through normal waking consciousness, to trance states, possession states, and out-of-body experiences such as shamanic soul-flight (or sky journeys). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flr183 |
