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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program 不相称的幽灵：BHU的Bhoot Vidya阿育吠陀证书课程的制作和取消中的光谱政治学

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70014

Thomas Seibel

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When Urgency Drops: Temporal Consciousness and the Choreography of Dying 当紧迫性下降：时间意识和死亡的舞蹈

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70039

Louise Chartrand

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The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics Nafs的变迁：苏菲伦理学中的疯狂、麻痹和越界行为

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2026-05-30 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70045

Muhammad Osama Imran

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Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna. By Graham, St John: The MIT Press, 2025. 1–548 pp. ISBN: 9780262049573 奇怪的吸引者：特伦斯·麦肯纳的幻觉生活。格雷厄姆，圣约翰：麻省理工学院出版社，2025年。1-548页。ISBN: 9780262049573

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2026-03-11 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70037

Nathan Keele Springer

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On 3-MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love 在3-MMC上：我已经认识并爱上了卡西诺酮

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70041

Carmen Ostrander

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Every Breath Brings Me Closer to Home—Auto-Ethnographic Reflections About the Meaning of Somatic and Creative Practices in Facing Challenging Life Events 每一次呼吸都让我离家更近了——面对充满挑战的生活事件，关于身体和创造性实践的意义的自我民族志反思

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2026-06-05 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70046

Sigrid Stjernswärd

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Psychic Aggression: How Culture Deals With the Whammy 精神攻击：文化如何应对这种打击

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2026-05-07 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70044

Richard Reichbart

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What It Was Like, What Happened, What It Is Like Now: Liminal Spaces and the Pedagogy of Recovery 过去是什么样子，发生了什么，现在是什么样子：阈限空间和恢复教育学

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2026-06-10 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70048

Patrick L. Pellett

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(Un)threading Rhythms: On Affect and Vibe in a Rave （Un）穿线节奏：在锐舞的影响和氛围

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70043

Tatiana Yunadi

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Cache-Cache: Dans les souffles du Grand Fleuve… Cache-Cache：在Grand Fleuve的微风中……

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pub Date : 2026-09-11 Epub Date: 2026-07-12 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.70050

David Jaclin, Alexis Aubin-Laperrière, Nicolas Cadieux, Patrick Weldon

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