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Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border Between Science and Spirituality
by Horgan, John | HC | VeryGood
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780618060276
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618060278
ISBN-13
9780618060276
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2237198
Product Key Features
Book Title
RATIONAL Mysticism : Dispatches from the Border between Science and Spirituality
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Mysticism, General, Religion & Science
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Science
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-032281
Reviews
"A marvelous book....[Horgan has] a gift for pulling back the curtain to unveil diminutive wizards, a technique he employs adroitly in this new book...." --Dick Teresi The New York Times Book Review "[I]nformative, critical . . . fascinating and disturbing." Library Journal "[A] great read, full of amusing vignettes and thoughtful reflections." --Stephen Mihm The Washington Post
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
291.1/75
Edition Description
Teacher's edition
Table Of Content
Contents Introduction: Lena's Feather 1 1 Huston Smith's Perennial Philosophy 15 2 Attack of the Postmodernists 36 3 The Weightlifting Bodhisattva 55 4 Can Neurotheology Save Us? 73 5 The God Machine 91 6 The Sheep Who Became a Goat 106 7 Zen and James Austin's Brain 124 8 In the Birthplace of LSD 141 9 God's Psychoanalyst 160 10 The Man in the Purple Sparkly Suit 177 11 Ayahuasca 195 12 The Awe-ful Truth 214 Epilogue: Winter Solstice 234 Acknowledgments 239 Notes 241 Selected Bibliography 269 Index 273
Synopsis
John Horgan, author of the best-selling The End of Science, chronicles the most advanced research into the mechanics--and meaning--of mystical experiences. 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 module" 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 Zen practitioner. Horgan explores the striking similarities between "mystical technologies" like sensory deprivation, prayer, fasting, trance, dancing, meditation, and drug trips. He participates in experiments that seek the neurological underpinnings of mystical experiences. And, finally, he recounts his own search for enlightenment -- adventurous, poignant, and sometimes surprisingly comic. Horgan's conclusions resonate with the controversial climax of The End of Science, because, as he argues, the most enlightened mystics and the most enlightened scientists end up in the same place -- confronting the imponderable depth of the universe., John Horgan, author of the best-selling The End of Science, chronicles the most advanced research into the mechanics--and meaning--of mystical experiences. 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 module" 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 Zen practitioner. Horgan explores the striking similarities between "mystical technologies" like sensory deprivation, prayer, fasting, trance, dancing, meditation, and drug trips. He participates in experiments that seek the neurological underpinnings of mystical experiences. And, finally, he recounts his own search for enlightenment -- adventurous, poignant, and sometimes surprisingly comic. Horgan's conclusions resonate with the controversial climax of The End of Science, because, as he argues, the most enlightened mystics and the most enlightened scientists end up in the same place -- confronting the imponderable depth of the universe.
LC Classification Number
BL625.H67 2003
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