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Music and Altered States Consciousness, Transcendence, Therapy and Addictions

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ISBN-10: 1843103737

ISBN-13: 9781843103738

Edition: 2005

Authors: Lucanne Magill, Tsvia Horesh, Joerg Fachner, David Aldridge, Dalia Cohen

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This international collection examines the opportunities for using music-induced states of altered consciousness. The observations of the contributors cover a wide range of music types, including monotonous drumming, Western pop and Arab music schemata.
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Book details

Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 12/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Music, Consciousness and Altered States
Music and Altered States of Consciousness: An Overview
Music and Trance
The Effects of Listening to Monotonous Drumming on Subjective Experiences
Perception and Responses to Schemata in Different Cultures: Western and Arab Music
Music as Medicine: The Adyghs' Case
Music and Drug-Induced Altered States of Consciousness
The Role of Music in Healing with Hallucinogens: Tribal and Western Studies
Polyrhythms Supporting a Pharmacotherapy: Music in the Iboga Initiation Ceremony in Gabon
Dangerous Music: Working with the Destructive and Healing Powers of Popular Music in the Treatment of Substance Abusers
On a Journey to Somatic Memory: Theoretical and Clinical Approaches for the Treatment of Traumatic Memories in Music Therapy-Based Drug Rehabilitation
Music Therapy and Spirituality: A Transcendental Understanding of Suffering
Music Therapy and Spirituality and the Challenges of End-Stage Illness
References
The Contributors
Subject Index
Author Index
List of Figures
Varieties of consciousness states according to Fischer 1971, p.898
Liam Muhammad al Hindi
Example of some errors
Proportion of correct and mistaken verbal explanations and percentage of 'no answer' from Task 2
The effect of musical knowledge on explanation from Task 2 (Western patterns)
Directions of errors: 'identical-similar-different' from Task 1
The effect of learned schemata and culture from Task 1: percentage of errors in comparison of Western patterns based on harmony
The effect of culture and separation between components from Task 1: percentage of errors ('different' instead of 'similar') in comparison of two kinds of Arab pairs
The effect of minuscule momentary events, culture and knowledge from Task 1: percentage of errors in comparison of Arab patterns
The effect of category of patterns and knowledge from Task 3: percentage of errors in singing Western patterns
Topography of the mountains of the North Caucasus
Melody for the Chapsh ritual (from Shu 1997, p.31)
The rites at the bed of injured or traumatized people, the North Caucasus, settlement of Khakurinokhabl, 1927. Adygh National Museum, photographer unknown
Music used in the Chapsh ritual (from Shu 1997, p.30)
Melody for distraction from pain (from Shu 1997, p.32)
Melody for the operation of removing a bullet (from Shu 1997, p.33)
Apperception, functionality of perceptual reduction from Keidel (1975, Chapter 16, p.1)
Iboga visions
On the way to the ritual bath
Entering the community of initiated men
The art of variation: Raphia cloth of the Kuba tribe, Congo; from author's collection
Playing the mouth-bow
Mouth-bow music
Playing the bamboo cane
Antoine Makondo playing the harp
Polyrhythmic harp music with horizontal and vertical mirroring
Mayaya dance
The final dance
Possession trance
Polyrhythmic harp music with polymetric clapping
Arousal and the window of tolerance around optimal arousal
List of Tables
Differentiation of ecstasy and trance according to Rouget (1985, p.11
PCI scales during drumming and alert state
Rhythmic categories in the content of the interviews
Categories in the content of the interviews associated with drumming
The six categories arranged hierarchically by errors and degrees of directionality
The effect of mathematical aptitude and negative correlation between success in identifying numerical series and errors in music
Polymetric placing of accents on 12 elementary beats at the time of X
The meaning of the eight harp strings
Definitions of spirituality from journal articles
Definitions of religion from journal articles