Out of this World: Otherworldly Journeys from Gilgamesh to Albert Einstein

This book takes the reader on a fantastic journey through a wide range of cultures and traditions to examine the phenomenon of ecstatic visionary experiences — from Sumerian Gilgamesh and the Taoist Immortals to the imaginative fiction of Jorge Luis Borges. The author provides a comprehensive tour of otherworldly journeys common from immemorial times among shamans, magicians, and witches, and illustrates their connection with such modern phenomena as altered states of consciousness, out-of-body experiences, and near-death experiences.

• Author
• Ioan Petru Culianu, Lawrence E. Sullivan

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 304

• Publisher
• Shambhala

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781570626500

• Genres
• philosophy, religion, mythology, spirituality, history

• Release date
• 2001