Hallucinations

Resumen del libro

Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing? Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving one's own body.

Humans have always sought such life-changing visions, and for thousands of years have used hallucinogenic compounds to achieve them. In this book, with his usual elegance, curiosity, and compassion, Dr Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital part of the human condition.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Oliver Sacks (Londres, 1933 - Nueva York, 2015) fue profesor de Neurología Clínica en el Albert Einstein College de Nueva York. En Anagrama ha publicado sus obras fundamentales: los ensayos x{0026}lt;em Migraña, Despertares, Con una sola pierna, El hombre que confundió a su mujer con un sombrero, Veo una voz, Un antropólogo en Marte, La isla de los ciegos al color, El tío Tungsteno, Diario de Oaxaca, Musicox{0026} x0FB01;lia, Los ojos de la mente, Alucinacionesx{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em El río de la concienciax{0026}lt;/em y los volúmenes de memorias x{0026}lt;em En movimientox{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em Gratitud.x{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/p