Brian Bates (born 1944) is former chairman of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

. He is currently the Director of the Medical Psychology Project at the Department of Psychology at

in England. He is a visiting professor at the

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. He is known as the author of books on the

shaman Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with what they believe to be a spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritu ...

ic wisdom of

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, and for his related course on "Shamanic Consciousness". He has also taught and directed at the

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Books

Anglo-Saxon Shamanism

* ''The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer'' (London: Century, 1983, ) * ''The Wisdom of the Wyrd: Teachings for Today from Our Ancient Past'' (London: Rider & Co., 1996, ) * ''The Real Middle-Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages'' (London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 2002, )

Psychology

* ''The Way of the Actor: A Path to Knowledge & Power'' (Random House, 1987, ) * ''How to Manage Your Mother: 10 Steps to a Better Relationship'' (with Alyce Faye Eichelberger-Cleese) (Diane Publishing Co., 1999, ) * ''The Human Face'' (with

John Cleese John Marwood Cleese ( ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and ...

) (DK Publishing Inc., 2001, )

References

External links

* * British psychologists 1944 births Living people Academics of the University of Brighton Academics of the University of Sussex Anglo-Saxon studies scholars {{UK-psychologist-stub