Horgan, John. Rational mysticism; spirituality meets science in the search for enlightenment.HORGAN, John. Rational mysticism Rational mysticism attempts understand mystical manifestions through the use of scientific and rational methodologies. For example, it asks how trance, visions, prayer, and other mystical and religious manifestions work in light of our understanding of neurology and psychology. ; spirituality meets science in the search for enlightenment. Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers , Mariner. 292p. notes, bibliog, index, c2003. 0-618-44683-X. $1400. A Persons who would like to explore the bases for spiritual experience outside mainstream Christianity will enjoy this well-written book, in which Horgan guides readers through an extensive array of perceptions. In his search for the mystic, he forays through relevant literature, the worlds of ancient religions (both eastern and western), contemporary explorations (the range of New Age experimentation, including meditation), scientific examination of the brain (neuroscience), out of body experiences, psychics, the paranormal paranormal, adj 1. outside the realm of normal experience or scientific explanation. n 2. collective term for anomalous phenomena. , LSD LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide (lī'sûr`jĭk, dī'ĕth`ələmĭd, dī'ĕthəlăm`ĭd), alkaloid synthesized from lysergic acid, which is found in the fungus ergot ( , psychoanalysis, reincarnation reincarnation (rē'ĭnkärnā`shən) [Lat.,=taking on flesh again], occupation by the soul of a new body after the death of the former body. , astrology, contacts with aliens, Zen. His purpose is to look at the breadth of spiritual experience; he does not attempt to convert the reader to a particular view. This book is not easy to grasp for young readers because of the complexity of vocabulary and concepts, but mature readers will find here a broader treatment than most other sources afford, Edna Boardman, Bismarck, ND |
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