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The Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness (SAC) is an interdisciplinary academic organization dedicated to the study of consciousness phenomena in cultures around the world.  A section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), SAC members utilize cross-cultural, experimental, experiential, and theoretical approaches to study consciousness.  SAC publishes a journal, Anthropology of Consciousness, holds an annual Spring Meeting, and sponsors sessions at other meetings, such as those of the American Anthropological Association (AAA).  Through this site, SAC hopes to further scholarly exchanges between anthropologists and persons in other disciplines within consciousness studies.  The following links will help you navigate through our site.

The primary areas of interest of SAC members include: states of consciousness (both "normal" and "altered"),  possession, trance, and dissociative states; religion; ethnographic studies of shamanistic, mediumistic, mystical, and related traditions; indigenous healing practices; linguistic, philosophical, social, and symbolic studies of consciousness phenomena; and anomalous phenomena, including the roles these play in traditional and modern cultural practices.

If you would like to contact us, you may use the Officers Page to obtain the email addresses of the Officers of SAC as well as links to their personal web sites.  Additional information may be found by the following the links listed below:For information about the American Anthropological AssociationTo see the SAC Bylaws

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