Download or read book The Corruption of Reality written by John F. Schumaker and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schumaker (psychology, U. of Newcastle, Australia) examines religion, hypnosis, and psychopathology and argues that they are all expressions of the unique human ability to modify reality in ways that serve the individual and society. He discuses dissociation as crucial to our experience of reality, trance-induction techniques in non-Western religions, and modern disorders and mental illness. He proposes the construction of a new religion incorporating current knowledge about our relationship to ourselves and the world. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR