SRS 1110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Analgesic
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= in interacting with the supernatural world, an individual may have mental experiences that transcend ordinary experiences, such as a trance. Fasting the act of abstaining from eating food and drinking liquids over a period of time: against sexual intercourse, smoking, alteration in body chemistry. Scared pain: altered states of consciousness, pain is a common theme in religious traditions, many rituals use pain that is either self-inflicted or inflicted by others, certain levels of pain have an analgesic quality. The biological bases of altered states of consciousness: