Flights of the soul : visions, heavenly journeys, and peak experiences in the biblical world - Pilch, John J. (Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2011)
Introduction : Alternate states of consciousness : a "kitbashed" model -- Part I. ASCs in the Old Testament. 1. The nose and altered states of consciousness : tascodrugites and Ezekiel -- 2. The call of Ezekiel (Ezek. 1-3) : an altered state of consciousness (ASC) experience -- 3. Holy men and their sky journeys : a cross-cultural model -- 4. The holy man, Enoch, and his sky journeys -- 5. Music in Second (Slavonic) Enoch -- 6. Flute players, death, and music in the afterlife (Matt. 9:18-19, 23-26) -- Part II. ASCs in the New Testament. 7. Altered states of consciousness events in the Synoptics -- 8. The Transfiguration of Jesus : an experience of alternate reality -- 9. Appearances of the risen Jesus in cultural context : experiences of alternate reality -- 10. The ascension of Jesus : a social-scientific perspective -- 11. Paul's ecstatic trance experience near Damascus in Acts of the Apostles -- 12. Paul's call to be a holy man (apostle) : in his own words and in other words -- 13. Paul's call to be an apostle -- 14. Visions in Revelation and alternate consciousness : a perspective from cultural anthropology.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Visions in the Bible; Dreams in the Bible; Altered states of consciousness -- Religious aspects