Altered state of consciousness

but that which ties us to other human beings. What Kaul describes as ‘the land –of-promise hope, together with a great deal of doubt whether the lands of promise are to be ever discovered anywhere – unless it be in the altered hearts of men’ (Kaul, 1970: 159), it is these altered hearts that Hawthorne foresees and hopes for when Pearl gains community, and also in his own contemporary society, when the book is published. At this point, Hawthorne and Emerson branch to different conclusions about…

Three decades into the 20th century, a writer named Katherine Anne Porter created a story named “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.” The narrative follows the last moments of the life of Ellen Weatherall. Written in a stream of consciousness, Weatherall remembers moments from her past including memories with her children and being jilted at her first wedding. While on her deathbed with a priest reading her the last rites, she sees and reminisces about all her children, both the living ones and…

that psilocybin produces a global increase in cerebral metabolic rate of glucose, most markedly in the frontomedial and frontolateral cortex, anterior cingulate, and temporomedial cortex. These changes were correlated with measures of psychological state and consistent with potential neurobiological substrates of major mental illnesses (JAMA).” As an agonist, psilocin can mimic the presence and neuronal functions of serotonin fabricating and a happier mood for people. In another study done…

The gambling activities themselves are clearly motivated by economic goals as opposed to recreational gambling, and the social scene reflects this as well. Two characters went on to the casino floor with the goal to win mass amounts of money whether it was to pay for a fake child, or to get out of debt. While only one of the two attempts proved to be lucrative, the gambling aspect shows both of the characters winning more than $100000 each. The apparent luck of both characters drew an audience…

against, from being harassed, and from being denied the right accommodations in the workplace. TBI results when an outside force hits the head or causes the brain to move rapidly within the skull, leading to central nervous system damage and altered consciousness (Piek 2010). It is considered a growing health problem with many visits to the emergency room and even being admitted to the hospital. Social workers should have the knowledge of the legal landscape of TBI and ADA and may have…

Minorities are often blamed for the vast array of problems any society faces. In today’s America we can see it in the cries of “they are taking our jobs” or “they are overwhelming our social services.” When citizens of a country feel insecure, they search for a reason, and finding no easy answer, they look to a scapegoat. Such was the case for the Germans following World War I. In “Defining Enemies, Making Victims,” Omer Bartov argues that in Nazi Germany and the subsequent Holocaust, the…

syndrome. The fact is irritable bowel syndrome (or commonly referred to as IBS) is the most commonly diagnosed disorder by gastroenterologists. Researchers suggest there are on average between two and three million doctors’ visits a year in the United States to treat…

telephone tutorials evidenced as more turn-taking interaction between tutor and student; tutors had to play the constructive role in telephone tutorial (Rutter, 1989: 303). Rutter demonstrated that participants in telephone tutorials had a greater consciousness of distance and higher degree of ‘cuelessness’ than participants in classroom-based seminars. Telephone technology is deemed affording ‘sense of intimacy’ because the nature of telephone system (anonymity) places participants in a more…

William Golding was born in England in 1911, only a few years before some of the greatest conflicts in history began. Golding witnessed the horrors of both World Wars personally, through his time in the Royal Navy. Experiencing these atrocities altered Golding’s view on humans, and eventually impacted how he portrayed humanity in his novel Lord of the Flies. William Golding’s negative outlook on humans, that they are inherently savage and brutal, is a result of his experiences in World War II.…

the same problems as the Russians, and so he created a China-specific Communist Model that made China unique among Communist nations. Unfortunately, this did not protect China from the shortcomings of Communism, and eventually this model would be altered beyond…