1st Edition
Portals Opening Doorways to Other Realities Through the Senses
By Lynne Hume
Copyright 2006
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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As Alice in Wonderland discovered, cave entrances, tunnels, spirals and mirrors can transport people to strange worlds where anything is possible. Portals investigates how we move beyond the conscious and physical world using our senses, into other realities of the spiritual and the divine. Portals looks at the techniques used to alter consciousness practised by shamans, monks and other religious... Read more
* Chapter 1: Entrances and Exits* Chapter 2: Mandalas and Visual Symbols* Chapter 3: Portals of Sound* Chapter 4: Dance and Movement* Chapter 5: Tactile Portals* Chapter 6: Olfactory and Gustatory Portals* Chapter 7: Entheogens as Portals* Chapter 8: An Anatomy of Reality
Biography
Lynne Hume is Associate Professor, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Far-ranging and at times inspirational, Lynne Hume's Portals is a book that deserves to be widely read. The breadth of material explored by the author is considerable and the concept of ‘portals', itself, extremely useful. - The Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review
