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Rational mysticism :

0618471340

9780618471348

0618060278

9780618060276

b736137

Rational mysticism :

[Book]

dispatches from the border between science and spirituality /

John Horgan.

Boston :

Houghton Mifflin,

2003.

1 online resource (292 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.

Introduction : Lena's feather -- Huston Smith's perennial philosophy -- Attack of the postmodernists -- Weightlifting Bodhisattva -- Can neurotheology save us? -- God machine -- Sheep who became a goat -- Zen and James Austin's brain -- In the birthplace of LSD -- God's psychoanalyst -- Man in the purple sparkly suit -- Ayahuasca -- Awe-ful truth -- Epilogue : Winter solstice.

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"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.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Rational mysticism.

0618060278

Mysticism.

Religion and science.

Geloof en wetenschap.

Mysticism.

Religion and science.

RELIGION-- Psychology of Religion.

Spiritualiteit.

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Horgan, John,1953-

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