Marc Wittmann is Research Fellow at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, Germany, and the author of Felt Time: The Psychology of How We Perceive Time (MIT Press).

“To make a book either about altered states of consciousness or about time accessible to nonexperts is, by itself, a great challenge. In Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self, author Marc Wittmann takes one step further and combines these two topics to discuss how they are related . . . his book is likely to be enjoyed both by readers who are novices in these areas and by readers who are already familiar with one of these topics.”—Wired

• Prologue: An "I" Awakes ix1 On Time Consciousness 1Time Expansion and Moments of Terror 1Time and Space: The Intoxication of Drugs 11At One with the World 23Timeless in Near-Death 302 The Moment 41Absolutely in the Moment 41The Duration of a Moment 44Mindfulness and Time 54Beyond the Moment to Timelessness 63Daydreams and Mind Wandering 743 Loss of Time and Self 77A Puzzling Patient 77Body, Emotions, Time 81Me, Myself, and I: Boredom, Depression, Meditation 85Epilepsy and Timelessness 91Schizophrenia, or When Time Stands Still 95Timeless through the Doors of Perception 104Epilogue: On Scientific Awakening 115Acknowledgments 123Notes 129Index 173

Marc Wittmann is Research Fellow at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, Germany, and the author of Felt Time: The Psychology of How We Perceive Time (MIT Press).

“To make a book either about altered states of consciousness or about time accessible to nonexperts is, by itself, a great challenge. In Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self, author Marc Wittmann takes one step further and combines these two topics to discuss how they are related . . . his book is likely to be enjoyed both by readers who are novices in these areas and by readers who are already familiar with one of these topics.”—Wired

• Prologue: An "I" Awakes ix1 On Time Consciousness 1Time Expansion and Moments of Terror 1Time and Space: The Intoxication of Drugs 11At One with the World 23Timeless in Near-Death 302 The Moment 41Absolutely in the Moment 41The Duration of a Moment 44Mindfulness and Time 54Beyond the Moment to Timelessness 63Daydreams and Mind Wandering 743 Loss of Time and Self 77A Puzzling Patient 77Body, Emotions, Time 81Me, Myself, and I: Boredom, Depression, Meditation 85Epilepsy and Timelessness 91Schizophrenia, or When Time Stands Still 95Timeless through the Doors of Perception 104Epilogue: On Scientific Awakening 115Acknowledgments 123Notes 129Index 173

Marc Wittmann is Research Fellow at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, Germany, and the author of Felt Time: The Psychology of How We Perceive Time (MIT Press).

“To make a book either about altered states of consciousness or about time accessible to nonexperts is, by itself, a great challenge. In Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self, author Marc Wittmann takes one step further and combines these two topics to discuss how they are related . . . his book is likely to be enjoyed both by readers who are novices in these areas and by readers who are already familiar with one of these topics.”—Wired

• Prologue: An "I" Awakes ix1 On Time Consciousness 1Time Expansion and Moments of Terror 1Time and Space: The Intoxication of Drugs 11At One with the World 23Timeless in Near-Death 302 The Moment 41Absolutely in the Moment 41The Duration of a Moment 44Mindfulness and Time 54Beyond the Moment to Timelessness 63Daydreams and Mind Wandering 743 Loss of Time and Self 77A Puzzling Patient 77Body, Emotions, Time 81Me, Myself, and I: Boredom, Depression, Meditation 85Epilepsy and Timelessness 91Schizophrenia, or When Time Stands Still 95Timeless through the Doors of Perception 104Epilogue: On Scientific Awakening 115Acknowledgments 123Notes 129Index 173