Magic Carpets as Psychoactive Systems Diagrams

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Magic Carpets as Psychoactive Systems Diagrams (Non-Kairos references)

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Alexander, Christopher.  Harmony-Seeking Computations: a science of non-classical dynamics based on the progressive evolution of the larger whole. International Journal for Unconventional Computing (IJUC), 5, 2009. [text]

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Alexander, Christopher.  A Pattern Language. Oxford University Press, 1977. [summary]

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Berendt, Joachim-Ernst.  The World Is Sound: Nada Brahma: music and the landscape of consciousness. Inner Traditions, 1983.

Bier, Carol.  Mathematical Aspects of Oriental Carpets, 2001. [text]

Bier, Carol.  Mathematical Truth and Beauty: The Case of Oriental Carpets, Institute for the Humanities Notes (University of Michigan), 1998.

Bier, Carol.  Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking in Oriental Carpets, ISIS-Symmetry, 2000.

Bier, Carol.  Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets, 1997, a collaborative project of The Textile Museum and The Math Forum.. [text]

Bier, Carol.  Choices and Constraints: Pattern Formation in Oriental Carpets, Forma (Journal of the Society for Science on Form, Japan) 15, no.2, pp. 127-132. [text]

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de Rosnay, Joël.  The Macroscope: a new world scientific system. Harper and Row, 1979. [extracts]

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Kuehlwein, Kevin T.  Interweaving Themes and Threads of Meaning-Making. In: Hugh Rosen and Kevin T. Kuehlwein. Constructing Realities: meaning-making perspectives for psychotherapists. Jossey-Bass, 1996. [contents]

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Laing, Ronald D.  Knots. Penguin, 1970 [excerpts].

Mandelbrot, Benoit B.  The Fractal Geometry of Nature. W.H. Freeman and Company, 1982.

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Murphy, Brian.  The Root of Wild Madder: chasing the history, mystery and lore of the Persian carpet. Simon and Schuster, 2006.

Nalimov, Vasily V.  Realms of the Unconscious: the enchanted frontier. University Park, ISI Press, 1982.

Ronan, Mark.  Symmetry and the Monster: one of the greatest quests of mathematics. Oxford University Press, 2006. [contents]

Sakhai, Essie.  Persian Rugs and Carpets: the fabric of life. Antique Collectors Club, 2008.

Schiltz, Michael.  Form and Medium: a mathematical reconstruction. Image and Narrative, August 2003. [text]

Skolimowski, Henryk.  The Participatory Mind: a new theory of knowledge and of the universe. Arkana 1995. [review]

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Thompson, Jon.  Carpet Magic: the art of carpets from the tents, cottages and workshops of Asia. Barbican Art Gallery, 1983.

Zhai, Shumin / Kandogan, Eser / Smith, Barton A. / Selker, Ted.  In Search of the 'Magic Carpet': design and experimentation of a bimanual 3D navigation interface. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, (1999) 10, pp. 3-17. [text]