How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Tran | 誠品線上

改變你的心智: 用啟靈藥物新科學探索意識運作、治療上癮及憂鬱、面對死亡與看見超脫

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內容簡介 「日常生活的問題、困頓、憂慮、沮喪都已消失……我似乎終於能夠冥想永恆的真理。」「我立刻感到進入神的懷抱。祂與我合一。」「我看到數字產生顏色，顏色附帶著聲音。」——這是超脫，是神人合一的神袐體驗。許多人，包括最講求科學實證、最唯物論的人，都曾在這樣的經歷中脫胎換骨，擺脫過去。還有另一種現象，以神經科學的語言來說，是「大腦中主宰自我和大多數判斷的預設模式網路停止活動，更原始、更古老的腦區浮出」，如幼兒的大腦，在那裡，自我感消融了，萬世萬物如同新造，各種創意、想像，噴薄而出。——這是用藥物達成的心智模式，文學家和藝術家從中汲取絕妙靈感，灣區第一代電腦工程師也因此得以設計出無數電路晶片。以上兩者的交會點，正是「啟靈藥」。這一類精神活性物質還有個更惡名遠播的名字，「迷幻藥」。小小棕色蘑菇和感染穀類的真菌中含有的物質，曾經是醫生和科學家寄予厚望，期盼治療精神病與成癮症狀，甚至讓健康人士過得更幸福的靈丹。但人們發現服下後不僅感官敏銳度大幅提升、感覺到自己與萬物合一的喜悅，甚至會在異象中看見宇宙根源、自身降世之祕——這種藥物似乎不僅僅對臨床病患有療效，還可能對超脫物質世界、解決人類困境提供解方。只是這種物質的顛覆性是福也是禍：不只消融了自我與外在的界限、成年後僵化的心智模式，也消融了服從，從而摧毀了種種權威及權力結構，因而被當成敗壞道德、顛覆政府的危險物質。啟靈藥從震驚醫界、席捲歐美，到跌落神壇，只經歷了短短二三十年時間，在效用與潛力還未在實驗中獲得充分證實及否證之時，就已被列入管制藥物，染上汙名。多年後，啟靈藥捲土重來。這一次，從醫學界、心理學界、食藥局到媒體，人人都知道絕不能重蹈覆轍。嚴謹的實驗控制、無懈可擊的研究人員、戰戰兢兢的成果發表取代了譁眾取寵的教主及口號；腦神經科學知識及腦造像解釋了靈性譫妄背後大腦的神經傳導；反文化的意涵退位，大家更關注的是如何用啟靈藥敲開通道，讓我們大腦中隱而未覺的心智冰山浮上水面——如何用啟靈藥「改變我們的心智」。。。。關於這樣的啟靈藥，永遠的懷疑論者、靈性開發程度幾乎為零的麥可．波倫，似乎是最不可能發生興趣的人，但他也因而成為最有公信力的報導者。「我的人生，少了什麼嗎？」的中年疑惑，帶他踏入醫院的實驗室、專業研討會、靈遊嚮導的治療椅、巫醫的地下室，透過訪問眾多在檯面上下投身啟靈藥探索的人物，將啟靈藥驚世骸俗的過去及最新的科學研究成果帶到讀者眼前，也細數啟靈藥可以如何運用在心理治療上，包括憂鬱症及臨終的死亡恐懼。但全書最大的亮光，是波倫親身在靈遊中探索生命的靈性及神袐性，用最理性、冷靜的筆，描述這最難以言喻、不可置信的體驗。這一場場靈遊，讓以科普作家身分知名的波倫，縱使並未開始信奉神佛，卻也清楚看見自己所熟知的「正常意識」，不過是精神冰山露出海面的小小一角。過去，文學家、藝術家、音樂家甚至灣區的電腦工程師，都曾經從啟靈藥中獲得啟發，也許未來每個人也有機會從中得到遼闊心智帶來的禮物，無論是對精神疾病的療效、對靈性超脫的體驗，或者是更寬容開放的心境，波倫的導航，正是引領我們脫胎換骨的第一步。本中文書介出自《改變你的心智: 用啟靈藥物新科學探索意識運作、治療上癮及憂鬱、面對死亡與看見超脫》大家出版“Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York TimesA #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiencesWhen Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research.A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue " is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Michael Pollan is the author of seven previous books, including Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma and The Botany of Desire, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. A longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine, he also teaches writing at Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, TIME magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.

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