A study of the importance of psychedelic plants and drugs in religion and society

• With contributions by Albert Hofmann, R. Gordon Wasson, Jack Kornfield, Terence McKenna, the Shulgins, Rick Strassman, and others

• Explores the importance of academic and religious freedom in the study of psychedelics and the mind

• Exposes the need for an organized spiritual context for entheogen use in order to fully realize their transformative and sacred value

We live in a time when a great many voices are calling for a spiritual renewal to address the problems that face humanity, yet the way of entheogens--one of the oldest and most widespread means of attaining a religious experience--is forbidden, surrounded by controversy and misunderstanding. Widely employed in traditional shamanic societies, entheogens figure prominently in the origins of religion and their use continues today throughout the world. They alter consciousness in such a profound way that, depending on the set and setting, they can produce the ultimate human experiences: union with God or revelation of other mystical realities.

With contributions by Albert Hofmann, Terence McKenna, Ann and Alexander Shulgin, Thomas Riedlinger, Dale Pendell, and Rick Strassman as well as interviews with R. Gordon Wasson and Jack Kornfield, this book explores ancient and modern uses of psychedelic drugs, emphasizing the complementary relationship between science and mystical experience and the importance of psychedelics to the future of religion and society. Revealing the mystical-religious possibilities of substances such as psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline, and LSD, this book exposes the vital need for developing an organized spiritual context for their use in order to fully realize their transformative and sacred value. Stressing the importance of academic and religious freedom, the authors call for a revival of scientific and religious inquiry into entheogens so they may be used safely and legally by those seeking to cultivate their spiritual awareness.

Explains the ins and outs of dog ownership, dog training, and popular dog breeds.

Travelers often study guidebooks before tackling a new country. Clear, easy-to-use maps, basic how-to information about the local area, and articles with background on important sties to visit are especially helpful. In today?s age of growing biblical illiteracy, readers are often faced with the same sense of foreignness when they attempt to navigate scripture. New Eerdmans Handbook to the Bible will help readers navigate unfamiliar biblical terrain and deepen their knowledge of already familiar areas. / A plethora of user-friendly maps, charts, and photos illuminate ancient places. Articles by well-established experts offer in-depth insights into the Bible?s people, places, and main ideas. Summaries of individual books offer reliable commentary based on up-to-date research. / With a broad evangelical perspective, this handbook provides Bible readers with a useful companion on their journey into scripture.

Macroeconomics is widely praised for its ability to present theory as a way of evaluating key macro questions, such as why some countries are rich and others are poor.

When published in 1980, Benjamin B. Beck's Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human animals. Beck showed that animals—from insects to primates—employed different types of tools to solve numerous problems. His work inspired and energized legions of researchers to study the use of tools by a wide variety of species.

In this revised and updated edition of the landmark publication, Robert W. Shumaker and Kristina R. Walkup join Beck to reveal the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behavior. Through a comprehensive synthesis of the studies produced through 2010, the authors provide an updated and exact definition of tool use, identify new modes of use that have emerged in the literature, examine all forms of tool manufacture, and address common myths about non-human tool use. Specific examples involving invertebrates, birds, fish, and mammals describe the differing levels of sophistication of tool use exhibited by animals.

Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most important topics in the field, including the implementation of specific models in clinical practice, family therapy for bereavement, complicated grief, spirituality, and more. The volume’s contributors come from around the world, and their work reflects a level of cultural awareness of the diversity and universality of bereavement and its challenges that has rarely been approximated by other volumes. This is a readable, engaging, and comprehensive book that will share the most important scientific and applied work on the contemporary scene with a broad international audience, and as such, it will be an essential addition to anyone with a serious interest in death, dying, and bereavement.

'This book assembles essays on legal sociology and legal history by an international group of distinguished scholars. All of them have been influenced by the eminent and prolific legal historian, legal sociologist, and scholar of comparative law, Lawrence M. Friedman. Not just a Festschrift of essays by colleagues and disciples, this volume presents a sustained examination and application of Friedman's ideas and methods. Some of the writers directly assess and comment on Friedman's vast body of work, while others examine his conclusions to see how well they have stood up over time. Various contributors apply concepts and insights derived from Friedman's work to the study of similar problems in different periods and societies. And others use Friedman's concepts and insights as a foil or contrast to their own approaches to studying law and society from theoretical perspectives very different from his. Together, the essays in this volume show the powerful ripple effects of Friedman's work on American and comparative legal sociology, American and comparative legal history, and the general sociology of law and legal change'--Provided by publisher.

Fifty Key Anthropologists surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the diversity of thought within the subject, incorporating both classic theorists and more recent anthropological thinkers.

Names discussed include:

Cliffor Geertz

Bronislaw Malinowski

Zora Neale Hurton

Sherry B. Ortner

Claude LTvi-Strauss

Rodney Needham

Mary Douglas

Marcel Mauss

Robert Gordon is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont, USA, and Research Associate at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Andrew P. Lyons is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.

Harriet D. Lyons is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

The Power of Evidence to Create Design Excellence

This practical, accessible book—for design professionals and students alike—is about design excellence and how to achieve it. The authors propose an evidence-based design approach that builds on design ingenuity with the use of research in ways that enhance opportunities to innovate. They show the power of research data to both reveal new design opportunities and convince stakeholders of the value of extraordinary work. A guide for all designers who want to earn their place as their clients' trusted advisor and who aspire to create places of beauty and purpose, the book demonstrates:

• An approach to applying evidence to design that neither turns designers into scientists nor requires large-firm resources

• The wide range of types of evidence that can be applicable to design and where to look for it

• Direct, practical application of the evidence-based design approaches in use today

• Provides tools to distinguish strong evidence that can improve design decisions from misleading assertions resulting from weak research

• Benefits of evidence-based design, including improved human and building performance

Two featured case studies illustrate the theory and practice of evidence-based design. The work of the authors' 2005–2007 AIA College of Fellows Benjamin Latrobe Research Fellowship provided an empirical foundation for this book, and addresses the use of rigorous research methods to understand relationships between design choices and health outcomes. The California Academy of Sciences, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Chong Partners Architecture, and Arup, provides transparent evidence that enhances building technology performance in the context of a powerful design expression.

In-depth interviews and case studies are clustered around three research categories: modeling, simulation, and data mining; social and behavioral science and the physical and natural sciences; and including cutting-edge use of neuroscience to understand human response to physical environments. The twenty-two featured thought leaders include: William Mitchell, MIT Media Lab; Fred Gage, Salk Institute; Phil Bernstein, Autodesk; Sheila Kennedy, Kennedy & Violich; James Timberlake, KieranTimberlake; William and Chris Sharples, SHoP Architects; Vivian Loftness, Carnegie Mellon University; John Zeisel, Hearthstone; Paco Underhill, Envirosell; Susan Ubbelohde and George Loisos, Loisos+Ubbelohde Architecture-Energy; Chris Luebkeman, Arup; Martin Fischer, Stanford University CIFE; and Kevin Powell, GSA.

This text will address the process of how a professional interior designer goes about planning and designing a residence. Taking the approach of an interview with a potential homeowner, students will create a profile of the end user, so that decisions can be made on program and price.

Con il saggio del critico inglese Robert Gordon prendono il via le 'Lezioni Primo Levi', ideate dal Centro Internazionale di studi che si propone di promuovere la conoscenza del grande scrittore italiano nel mondo. In questa prima lezione Gordon rilegge l'opera di Primo Levi e altre storie della Shoah alla luce di rappresentazioni letterarie della Fortuna e di aspetti del moderno metodo scientifico, scoprendo nuove immagini della fortuna e del caso in frangenti molto drammatici dove è in gioco la 'probabilità' di sopravvivere nel lager.

'The importance of packaging hardly needs stressing since only a handful of foods are sold in an unpackaged state. With an increasing focus on sustainability and cost-effectiveness, responsible companies no longer want to over-package their food products, yet many remain unsure just where reductions can effectively be made. Food Packaging and Shelf Life: A Practical Guide provides package developers with the information they need to specify just the right amount of protective packaging to maintain food quality and maximize shelf life. Current food packaging must take into consideration the biochemical, chemical, physical, and biological changes that occur during processing, distribution, and storage. Organized according to chapters devoted to specific food products, this practical handbook defines - for the first time - the indices of failure for foods as diverse as milk, fruits, bottled water, juices, vegetables, fish, and beef. It discusses the deteriorative reactions for each and reviews how differentpackaging materials may influence time to failure and thus shelf life.'--Publisher's description.

Questo testo parte dall'assunto che non è possibile 'consigliare' un tipo di confezionamento ma che lo sviluppo di un imballaggio dedicato richiede una profonda conoscenza dei materiali disponibili, dell'alimento stesso, dei sistemi di distribuzione e della shelf life prevista e ciò implica conoscenze di base di chimica, microbiologia, scienza degli alimenti, ingegneria nelle sezioni rilevanti per la produzione, la conservazione, la distribuzione e la commercializzazione di un particolare alimento. Di conseguenza il libro è diviso in cinque grandi aree tematiche. La prima descrive la produzione, le proprietà, e le forme dei materiali da imballaggio mentre la seconda riassume i diversi tipi di reazioni di deterioramento cui gli alimenti sono soggetti e discute i fattori estrinseci che ne controllano il progredire. La terza parte tratta il confezionamento asettico degli alimenti, gli imballaggi per alimenti da cuocere al microonde, gli imballaggi attivi e intelligenti e il confezionamento in atmosfera protettiva. La quarta parte tratta nel dettaglio il confezionamento di diversi tipi di alimenti (carni, ortofrutta, prodotti lattiero caseari, cereali, snack, dolci e bevande). La parte finale comprende un capitolo sulla sicurezza e sui requisiti di legge negli Stati Uniti e nell'Unione Europea e un capitolo su imballaggi ed ambiente che, come il resto del volume, sono stati riportati alla realtà europea e nazionale dai curatori dell'edizione italiana.

A student friendly, contemporary introduction to the world of international accounting and reporting combining an overview of the subject with an element of country by country comparative study.

Presents a translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.

Barely 25 upon his appointment to the Department of the Interior in 1933, Cohen quickly began helping to draft the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and chaired a committee charged with assisting tribes in organizing their governments in the Indian New Deal. He produced his 'Basic Memorandum on Drafting of Tribal Constitutions,' a practical guide, late in 1934; it promoted self-rule and urged the tribes to preserve ancient traditions that gave wisdom to those drafting constitutions for Indian nations. Cohen's memorandum sank into obscurity until his papers were released in the 1980s and editor Wilkins (American Indian Studies, U. of Minnesota) provides historical and social contexts along with able annotations for this significant but long neglected document. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Primo Levi, one of the most admired of Holocaust writers and survivors, was the author of a rich body of work, including memoirs and reflections on Auschwitz and also poetry, science fiction, historical fiction and a wide range of essays. This Companion brings together leading specialists and young scholars in the fields of Holocaust studies, Italian literature and language, and literature and science, to offer an accessible introduction to the work of this major writer of the twentieth century.

While awaiting return home in a Russian-administered holding camp in Katowice, Poland, in 1945, Primo Levi, along with his friend, the doctor Leonardo De Benedetti, was asked to provide a report on living conditions in Auschwitz for the Russian authorities. Published the following year, it was then forgotten and has until now remained unknown to a wider public. Here, it is published for the first time in the English language.
Dating from the weeks and months immediately after the war, Auschwitz Report represents a return to the very earliest phase of Holocaust testimony. It details the authors' deportation to Auschwitz, selection for work and extermination, everyday life in the camp, and the organization and working of the gas chambers. It constitutes Levi's first attempts to come to terms with events that would drive him to create some of the greatest works of twentieth-century literature and testimony.