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TABLE V PROPERTIES OF PARATAXIC PROCEDURES

PROCEDURE
STATE OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
DIRECTION
OF ACTION
MODALITY
GOODNESS/
BADNESS
NUMINOUS
ASPECT
Prototaxcic
Mode*
Trance
impressed**
(excursion)
very bad
dreadful
1. Archetype
REM state
impressed**
pictorial
bad
worrisome
2. Dream
REM state
impressed**
pictorial
B/G
paranormal
3. Myth
normal
(neutral)
oral
-
religious
4.Ritual
normal
expressed**
enactive
G/B
magical
5. Art
normal
expressed**
pictorial
good
creative
Syntaxic
Mode*
normal and
higher ASC
expressed**
symbolic
very good
psychedelic
*for comparison only, not a part of parataxic mode.
**on individual, or by individual