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" Rational mysticism : "
John Horgan.
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BL
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981767
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b736137
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| Main Entry
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Horgan, John,1953-
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Rational mysticism : : dispatches from the border between science and spirituality /\ John Horgan.
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Boston :: Houghton Mifflin,, 2003.
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1 online resource (292 pages)
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0618471340
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: 9780618471348
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0618060278
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9780618060276
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Mysticism.
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Religion and science.
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Mysticism.
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Religion and science.
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RELIGION-- Psychology of Religion.
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Geloof en wetenschap.
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Spiritualiteit.
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291.1/75
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BL625.H67 2003eb
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11.63bcl
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