02418ntm a22003494a 4500 16760525 OSt 20250529165833.0 ta 170518s2011 miua b 001 0 eng 2011018821 015794577 Uk 9780802865403 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802865402 (pbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn676727605 DLC eng DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP SLT CFT MNJ BWX CDX UKMGB DLC pcc BS680.V57 P55 2011 220.8154 Pil 2011 23 Pilch, John J. Flights of the soul : visions, heavenly journeys, and peak experiences in the biblical world / John J. Pilch. Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2011. xiii, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 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. Visions in the Bible. Dreams in the Bible. Altered states of consciousness Religious aspects. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg BK ddc 6854 6854 0 0 ddc 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 220.8154 Pil 2011 16701 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK