SRS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Loa, Spirit Warrior, Near-Death Experience

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 1110
• Professor: Shelley Rabinovitch

Document Summary

Really advance technology is seen as magic (iphone in the 1900s) Before aesthetics, first person to allow it was queen victoria. Tried to come up with techniques for numb/distract tactics. Magnetic study for pain relief (iron in the blood thinking can redirect flow) Animal magnetism to move blood with magnetics. This figures out more than one state of conciseness slowing down higher awareness (hyper) to lower awareness (relaxed) mesmer relaxing differing state of consciousness. Studied mesmerism only worked for hyper relaxed person/suggestive person. Called it hypnos realized that it was awareness not unconsciousness states. E. h. e extra ordinary human experience such as super human strength to save someone in light threatening danger (saving kid under a 500 pound car) Sleep walking is not conscious therefore not a. s. c. Cost coast syndrome stores try to get you to buy things in big, bright things to make it seem like you"re (cid:271)uyi(cid:374)g the (cid:271)est thi(cid:374)g.