Chapter 3 Narcolepsy A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep‚ often brief‚ sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations Hypnagogic During Stage 1 sleep you may experience hypnagogic sensations-such as fantastic images (like hallucinations); feel like you are falling or floating weightlessly state between awake & falling asleep People who claim to have been abducted by space aliens—often shortly after going to bed—commonly recall being floated
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Ritualistic Use of Hallucinogens Hallucinogenic or psychoactive plants have played a significant role in the ideology and religious practices of a wide variety of people throughout the world and in some traditional cultures‚ continue to play such a role today. Psychoactive substances that are used in a religious‚ shamanic‚ or spiritual context are referred to as Entheogens. Entheogens have been used in a ritualized context for thousands of years; their religious significance is well established
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Greece: The Bronze Age – Society in Minoan Crete Everyday Life (1) By Emily Gold Entertainment and leisure activities: Acrobatics was used in most leisure activities that the Minoan people used to keep themselves entertained‚ as running and leaping supplied to success in warfare ad hunting. Bull-leaping was the most famed and controversial of all Minoan sports‚ this sport consists of an athlete who would sprint head-long at a charging bull‚ grab the bulls horns and jump onto its back‚ then the athlete
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regular standards of society. The troubled state of the institution is conveyed in a thought provoking manner‚ with the incorporation of symbolism and metaphors such as the fog machine‚ and the electroshock therapy table. The ‘fog machine’ is a hallucinogenic state experienced by Chief‚ symbolizing his slipping away from reality and into oblivion. Chief often describes the appearance of the fog shortly after medication time‚ or when he is in a state of fear and anxiety. He describes the fog‚ as a product
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soon dropped out‚ joined the counterculture movement‚ and soon began experimenting with drugs. In 1956 he married his high school sweetheart‚ Faye Haxby and had three children together. In 1959 he volunteered to be a subject in experiments with hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and other psychotropic drugs‚ which were legal at the time. Kesey got paid 20
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of Dali’s bosom friends even discouraged him from being so unorthodox in order to chime in with the taste of the mainstream and to keep the pot boiling‚ but Dali refuse that all and continued to bring up images from his subconscious mind. He induced hallucinatory states in himself by a process he described as “paranoiac critical”. Once Dali hit on this method‚ his painting style matured with extraordinary rapidly‚ and from 1929 to 1937 he produced the painting that made him the world’s best-known
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Expectations Vocabulary Spend a minute or two making alternatives and finding synonyms or related words for words in the instructions Drug abuse = drug addiction Drugs: heroin‚ cocaine‚ amphetamines‚ narcotics‚ hallucinogenics‚ marijuana‚ cannabis‚ ecstasy‚ prescription drugs‚ hard drugs‚ soft drugs Drug user = addict = victims of drug abuse = users Drugs = illegal substances Smuggling = trafficking Dealing = selling Dealer =
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reader or listener on a journey into the imagination. There are a few interpretations of this song. The most popular interpretation being‚ that the lyrics of the song follow the kind of journey that one would embark on upon the consumption of the hallucinogenic drug LSD which would project the wildest of imaginings. Although at the time of release‚ John Lennon had stated that the lyrics of the song were based on a drawing by his son‚ Julian‚ of a girl in his class called Lucy. If the song was inspired
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Hippies‚ sex‚ drugs‚ and rock and roll. These are some things that might come to mind when you think about the counterculture movement of the 1960s. But although it may seem that way‚ the 1960s was not just one giant party. It was a radical social‚ political‚ and cultural movement that changed America and much of the Western world. It consisted of students‚ anti-war protestors‚ political figures‚ social activists‚ environmentalists‚ civil rights movement leaders as well as famous musicians and was
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Sociology Quiz 3 Return to Assessment List Part 1 of 1 - 24.0/ 25.0 Points Question 1 of 25 1.0/ 1.0 Points Who is the sociologist given credit for coining the concept of the McDonaldization of Society? D.George Ritzer Question 2 of 25 1.0/ 1.0 Points Samantha works in a place that is hierarchical‚ has a division of labor‚ written rules‚ communications and records‚ and in which the administration treats workers impersonally. Based on these characteristics‚ we can conclude that Samantha
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