Rational mysticism : Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment/ John Horgan.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 292 pages : 23 cmISBN:- 9780618446636
- 061844663x
- 22 291.175 HOR
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275.4 SAM Heritage of early Christian communities in India : | 289.98 ALL As a man thinketh / | 291.1720954 MAD Modern Myths, Locked Minds : | 291.175 HOR Rational mysticism : | 292 HAM Mythology | 293.28 KRI EARLY HISTORY OF VAISHNAVISM IN SOUTH INDIA | 293.342 AMB The Buddha and His Dhamma / |
1. Introduction : Lena's feather --
2. Huston Smith's perennial philosophy --
3. Attack of the postmodernists --
4. Weightlifting Bodhisattva --
5. Can neurotheology save us? --
6. God machine --
7. Sheep who became a goat --
8. Zen and James Austin's brain --
9. In the birthplace of LSD --
10. God's psychoanalyst --
11. Man in the purple sparkly suit --
12. Ayahuasca --
13. Awe-ful truth --
Epilogue : Winter solstice.
"How do trances, visions, prayer, satori, and other mystical experiences "work"? What induces and defines them? Is there a scientific explanation for religious mysteries and transcendent meditation? John Horgan investigates a wide range of fields - chemistry, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, theology, and more - to narrow the gap between reason and mystical phenomena." "As both a seeker and an award-winning journalist, Horgan consulted a wide range of experts, including theologian Huston Smith, spiritual heir to Joseph Campbell; Andrew Newberg, the scientist whose quest for the "God machine" was the focus of a Newsweek cover story; Ken Wilber, prominent transpersonal psychologist; Alexander Shulgin, legendary psychedelic drug chemist; and Susan Blackmore, Oxford-educated psychologist, parapsychology debunker, and Buddhist."--Jacket.
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