Table of Contents
Introduction (2007) Daniel Pinchbeck ix
I General Introduction 1
A Tribute to W. Y. Evans-Wentz 8
A Tribute to C. G. Jung 9
A Tribute to Lama Anagarika Govinda 16
II The Tibetan Book of the Dead 21
First Bardo: The Period of Ego-Loss or Non-Game Ecstasy 23
Part 1 The primary clear light 23
Part 2 The secondary clear light 28
Second Bardo: The Period of Hallucinations 33
Introduction 33
Explanation of the Second Bardo 34
The peaceful visions-Vision 1 : The source 38
Vision 2: The internal flow of archetypal processes 38
Vision 3: The fire-flow of internal unit 42
Vision 4: The wave-vibration structure of external forms 45
Vision 5: The vibratory waves of external unity 48
Vision 6: "The retinal circus" 50
Vision 7: "The magic theatre" 52
The wrathful visions 54
Conclusion of Second Bardo 56
Third Bardo; The Period of Re-Entry 58
Introduction 58
General description of the Third Bardo 59
Re-entry visions 63
The all-determining influence of thought 65
The judgment vision 67
Sexual visions 69
Methods for preventing the re-entry 71
Method of choosing the post-session personality 72
General Conclusion 74
III Some Technical Comments About Psychedelic Sessions 77
Use of this manual 79
Planning a session 80
Drugs and dosages 82
Preparation 84
Setting 87
The psychedelic guide 89
Composition of the group 92
Follow-up 93
IV Instructions for use during a Psychedelic Session 95
First Bardo Instruction 97
Second Bardo Preliminary Instructions 100
Instructions for Vision 102
Instructions for Physical Symptoms 103
Instructions for Vision 2 104
Instructions for Vision 3 105
Instructions for Vision 4 106
Instructions for Vision 5 107
Instructions for Vision 6 108
Instructions for Vision 7 109
Instructions for the wrathful visions 110
Third Bardo Preliminary Instructions 111
Instructions for the re-entry visions 115
Instructions for the influence of thought 116
Instructions for the judgment vision 117
Instruction for the sexual vision 119
Four methods of preventing re-entry 120
Meditation on the Buddha 120
Concentration on good games 121
Meditation on illusion 122
Meditation on the void 123
Instructions for choosing the post-session personality 124