Altered states : Buddhism and psychedelic spirituality in America / Douglas Osto.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Americans combined psychedelics with Buddhist meditation to achieve direct experience through altered states of consciousness. As some practitioners became more committed to Buddhism, they abandoned the use of psychedelics in favor of stricter mental discipline, but others ca...

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Main Author:	Osto, Douglas, 1967- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience > United States. Buddhism > United States. Buddhism. Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience. United States.