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Phenomenological analysis of experimentally induced visual mental imagery associated with shamanic journeying to the lower world

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posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00 authored by Adam Rock
This study explored ostensibly shamanic journeying imagery by (a) assessing visual images across induction techniques (i.e., sonic driving, Ganzfeld, relaxation, and sitting with eyes open); (b) determining combination(s) of induction technique and instructions most associated with religious imagery; and (c) investigating the origins of visual imagery. Six participants were randomly assigned to factorial combinations of a 3 x 4 mixed design (levels of instruction x levels of induction) and were administered the Modified Affect Bridge to explore the origins of mental imagery reported during the experimental conditions. Phenomenological analysis yielded comprehensive constituent themes. Harner’s (1990) shamanic journeying, coupled with religious, instructions were associated with the highest religious imagery, while visual images associated with shamanic journeying were derived primarily from autobiographical memories.

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Journal

International journal of transpersonal studies

Volume

25

Pagination

45 - 55

Publisher

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

Location

United States

ISSN

1321-0122

eISSN

1942-3241

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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