“…the mechanistic paradigm] that sees consciousness as a byproduct of increasing physical, specifically brain, activity during our early years.” READ BOOK> sillymickel.blogspot.com/2022/11/dance-… #psychology #prenatal #consciousness #birth #anthro #primal #perinatal #archetype #womb D7V1 2/91
“This is the position I came up with, independently of & unaware of Mott’s work, & which I published in my book,*Falls from Grace: The Devolution & Revolution of Consciousness* (2014). “I wish also to point out that…” THREAD wp.me/pwJJl-1bZ #psyche #prenatal D7V1 2/92
“…this idea of reductions of consciousness over time, in early human development, & not the buildup due to cell growth normally assumed, has remarkable consistency with Bergson’s (1896, 1934) theory of “brain as reducing valve.” READ/DWL BOOK drive.google.com/file/d/1poVJ7I… D7V1 2/93
“The reducing valve theory of brain function was supported by experiences in psychedelic states, and, specifically, it was proposed by Aldous Huxley (1954) in his famous work (famous because the Sixties rock phenomenon, The Doors,..” READ BOOK sillymickel.blogspot.com/2022/11/dance-… D7V1 2/94
“[The Doors] used its title as inspiration in naming themselves),*The Doors of Perception*, as a way of understanding how psychedelics can open one up to consciousness & awareness quite beyond what one could possibly know thru normal channels." wp.me/pwJJl-1bZ D7V1 2/95
““The doors of perception” as a title of Aldous Huxley’s work came from a poem by William Blake. The line goes, “If the doors of perception were cleansed, the world would appear as it is, infinite.”” READ/DWL BOOK… drive.google.com/file/d/1poVJ7I… #psychology #consciousness D7V1 2/96
“Still, Huxley’s essay, *The Doors of Perception*, along with its companion essay, *Heaven & Hell* (1956) was an icon of counterculture mythology in the 1960s, & it was Huxley’s work which inspired the musicians, The Doors.” THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2022/11/dance-… #psychology D7V1 2/97
“According to Huxley, expansion of mind beyond the normal can be a result of consciousness-altering methods, psychedelic drugs being one of them..." THREAD wp.me/pwJJl-1bZ #psychology #prenatal #consciousness #birth #anthro #primal #perinatal #archetype #womb D7V1 2/98
“…due to the fact that the “reducing valve,” the brain, is inhibited from performing its function of blocking out the majority of an otherwise overwhelming Reality.” READ/DWL BOOK… drive.google.com/file/d/1poVJ7I… #psychology #prenatal #consciousness #birth #anthro #primal D7V1 2/99
“I continued along those lines, elaborating & speculating on the idea, in my articles, titled, “The Doors of Perception: Each of Us Is Potentially Mind at Large… When Perception Is Cleansed, All Kinds of Nonordinary Things Happen”…” THREAD… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2022/11/dance-… D7V1 2/100
“…& “Occupy Science...A Call for a Scientific Awakening: In Tossing Away Our Species Blinders, We Approach a Truth Far Beyond Science.” READ &/or dwnl entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/pwJJl-1bZ #psychology #prenatal #consciousness #anthro #primal #perinatal D7V1 2/101
“A pioneer in this prenatal & perinatal area is Stanislav Grof. His many works, providing a framework for conceptualizing pre & perinatal & transpersonal experiences,are a profound & useful starting point for an investigation into this area.” drive.google.com/file/d/1poVJ7I… D7V1 2/102