Rational Mysticism Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment

Name: Rational Mysticism Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment
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ISBN: 9780618446636

ISBN-10: 061844663X

ISBN-13: 9780618446636

Edition: 2003

Authors: John Horgan

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In Rational Mysticism, acclaimed journalist John Horgan embarks on an adventure of discovery, investigating the ways in which scientists, theologians, and philosophers are attempting to formulate an empirical explanation of spiritual enlightenment. Horgan visits and interviews a fascinating Who's Who of experts, including theologian Huston Smith; Andrew Newberg, explorer of the brain's "God module"; Ken Wilber, a transpersonal psychologist and Buddhist; psychedelic pharmacologist Alexander Shulgin; Oxford-educated psychologist and Zen practitioner Susan Blackmore; and postmodern shaman Terence McKenna. Horgan also explores the effects of reputed enlightenment-inducing techniques such as…

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List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Introduction: Lena's Feather



Huston Smith's Perennial Philosophy



Attack of The Postmodernists



The Weightlifting Bodhisattva



Can Neurotheology Save Us?



The God Machine



The Sheep Who Became A Goat



Zen and James Austin's Brain



In the Birthplace of LSD



God's Psychoanalyst



The Man in the Purple Sparkly Suit



Ayahuasca



The Awe-Ful Truth


Epilogue: Winter Solstice


Acknowledgments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index