Book contents
- From Groups to Gods
- From Groups to Gods
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1Evidence for Group Mind
- 2Definitions and Assumptions of Group Mind
- 3Superorganisms and Group Minds
- 4Growing and Destroying a Group Mind
- 5Evolutionary Emergence of Group Mind
- 6Historical Evolution of Group Mind
- 7Content of Group Minds
- 8Neuroscience of Group Minds
- 9Individual in Relation to Group Minds
- 10Group Mind in Group Psychotherapy
- 11Group Mind and Dreams
- 12Group Mind and Leadership
- 13Group Mind and Politics
- 14Group Mind in the Major Evolutionary Transition
- 15Group Mind and the New Religious Consciousness
- References
- Index
7 - Content of Group Minds
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2026
Book contents
- From Groups to Gods
- From Groups to Gods
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1Evidence for Group Mind
- 2Definitions and Assumptions of Group Mind
- 3Superorganisms and Group Minds
- 4Growing and Destroying a Group Mind
- 5Evolutionary Emergence of Group Mind
- 6Historical Evolution of Group Mind
- 7Content of Group Minds
- 8Neuroscience of Group Minds
- 9Individual in Relation to Group Minds
- 10Group Mind in Group Psychotherapy
- 11Group Mind and Dreams
- 12Group Mind and Leadership
- 13Group Mind and Politics
- 14Group Mind in the Major Evolutionary Transition
- 15Group Mind and the New Religious Consciousness
- References
- Index
Summary
I examine more closely the question of whether and how we can voluntarily access and benefit from accessing group mind content. I argue that some of the experiences on serotonergic psychedelics can be seen in terms of unstructured access to a variety of group minds. The ego dissolution experience on psychedelics can be viwed in terms of fusion between the individual and some salient group mind.
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- From Groups to GodsNeuroscience and Evolution of the Collective Mind, pp. 150 - 179Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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