Sacred plants and visionary consciousness

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-170

  Díaz, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cognodysleptics; Deliriants; Hallucinogens; Psychedelic experience; Psychedelic visual phenomena; Psychoactive plants; Trance inducers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952881933     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-010-9157-z     Document Type: Article

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