circuitviii

Circuit VIII's work is profoundly influenced by the work of transpersonal psychology (such as Stanislav Grof's LSD and the Realms of the Human Unconscious) and other work on the phenomenology of visionary experience (notably Benni Shannon's pioneering work on Ayahuasca visions, The Antipodes of the Mind). The work of these researchers brings startling new insights into the processes of cognition and perception in visionary states, particularly the correlations between certain classes of imagery and their associated psychological material, the progress of visionary experiences, and, indeed, the limits of language and even visual perception/creativity. These areas of study have, naturally, profound implications for the artist working with an awareness of the neurophysiological contexts in which his or her work may be viewed.

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