Rational mysticism : Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment/ John Horgan.

By:

Horgan, John

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 292 pages : 23 cmISBN:

9780618446636
061844663x

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DDC classification:

22 291.175 HOR

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Religion	Non-fiction	291.175 HOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		29187

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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