The epistemics of ayahuasca visions

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-280

  Shanon, Benny ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Altered states of consciousness; Ayahuasca; Epistemology; Hallucination; Visionary experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952876649     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-010-9161-3     Document Type: Article

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