Description: Signed by famous American mentalist "The Amazing Kreskin" also known as Kreskin, who became popular on television in the 1970s. He was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk's comic strip Mandrake the Magician, which features a crime-fighting stage magician. He has been featured in television and multiple movies. This book was a part of his personal library. "The practice of yoga, hypnosis, and the use of psychedelic drugs to alter psychological and physiological states is not unknown to the study of psychology. They have been called "soft" studies and labeled unimportant. This is mostly because they are difficult to study and understand, often focusing on unobservable internal states such as altered states of consciousness, Samadhi, or hypnotic states. This book, in its approach to thinking about this topic and method for analysis, focuses only on phenomena that can be observed, such as behavioral changes. By centering on only those aspects of the psychological and physiological effects of yoga, hypnosis, and psychedelic drugs which can be measured and analyzed using this new method, Barber distinguishes this book from others in the field. He asks what overt behaviors and verbal reports are clearly observable when psychedelic drugs are taken, yoga is practiced, or hypnotic-induction procedures are administered. Instead of treating the phenomena traditionally associated with psychedelic drugs, yoga, or hypnosis as undifferentiated conglomerates, an attempt will be made to set apart and treat separately each of the many phenomena associated with each of these areas of inquiry. This book does not set out to simply demonstrate the importance of psychedelics, yoga, and hypnosis, or to present substantive material pertaining to these topics. It also treats each topic as continuous with other known psychological phenomena and as an important piece to the puzzle of social psychology. It differs from most previous treatises in that it does not assume that psychedelics, yoga, and hypnosis can bring out unused mental or physical capacities in man, heighten awareness or give rise to enhanced creativity, or produce altered states of consciousness, suspension of conventional reality-orientation, changes in body-image, or changes in perception." Book is in good condition. Tightly bound and all pages are present. There are some internal note marks with pen, but nothing that interferes with the text. These notes may very well have been made by Kreskin himself! Dust jacket is in good- condition. It features some rips and tears, bends and folds (please see photos). This is a rare opportunity to obtain an already amazing book from the library of a well loved mentalist and magician! Thanks for looking :)
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Signed By: The Amazing Kreskin
Book Title: LSD, Marihuana, Yoga & Hypnosis
Book Series: Historical
Original Language: English
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket
Topic: Addiction, Alternative Health, Alternative Medicine, Alternative Therapies, Books, Chemistry, Drugs, Esotericism, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Meditation, Mental Exercise, Mental Health, Metaphysical, Mind, Natural Materials, Natural Medicine, New Age, Occultism, Optical Illusions, Science, Self-Help, Treatments, Wellness, Yoga, Psychedelics, Hypnosis, Spirituality
Unit Quantity: 1
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Aldine Publishing Co
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: Yes
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 1970
Type: Education
Literary Movement: Naturalism
Era: 1970s
Illustrator: N/A
Author: Theodore X. Barber
Genre: Health, Treatments & Medicine, Mind, Body & Spirit, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Religious & Spiritual, Spirituality, psychology
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
