Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Preface xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 What Is a “Psychedelic Experience”? 17
8. 2 Expressing the Inexpressible 35
9. 3 Beginner’s Mind and “Letting Go” 49
10. 4 Timelessness, Hypersensitivity, and “Becoming” the Music 65
11. 5 Music, Emotion, and Aesthetic Ecstasy 81
12. 6 Music, Creator of Worlds 99
13. 7 Music from “Nowhere” 111
14. 8 Music in Psychedelic Psychotherapy 129
15. 9 It’s Subjective 153
16. 10 Is Classical Music Still Relevant? 161
17. 11 Ambient Music for Psychedelic States 185
18. 12 “World Music” and the Collective Unconscious 191
19. 13 Sound Alternatives to Music 207
20. Epilogue 215
21. Appendix I 227
22. Appendix II 231
23. Notes 247
24. Bibliography 279
25. Index 293