Letters.The line on I-me-mine Finally, scientists are exploring the nature of religious experiences ("Into the mystic," SN: 2/7/01, p. 104). Scientists will soon discover that the final frontiers of science Frontiers of Science was a popular illustrated comic strip created by Professor Stuart Butler of the School of Physics at the University of Sydney in collaboration with Robert Raymond, a documentary maker from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1962. and the origin of religion are one and the same. In authentic Zen Buddhism, ultimate reality is that from which all things come and to which all things return. Astrophysicists An astrophysicist is a person who professionally studies and conducts research in astrophysics. Famous astrophysicists
Ellen S. Best and Min Pai Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun Zen Monastery Pound Ridge, N. Y. There have been many studies of manic-depressive illness manic-depressive illness n. See bipolar disorder. manic-depressive illness Bipolar I disorder, see there and its relationship to creativity. Many biblical figures with prophetic and religious vision have been studied as possibly bearing manic-depressive characteristics. People who have experiences of oneness with the universe often cannot escape profound feelings of connection to something greater than themselves. Since so many people have these peak experiences, it would be interesting to answer "Why?" in a scientific manner. Could there be an explanation that is purely spiritual? Ruth Housman Newton Center, Mass. The important story "Into the mystic" should have all the facts right. "The most systematic scientific study of ... mystical experience" was conducted by Walter Pahnke. But he was a Cambridge (not Berkeley) physician and also a student in the Ph.D. program at Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. The School's purpose is to train graduate students—either in the academic study of religion, or in the practice of a religious ministry. . The year was about 1962 and not 1966. The 20 seminarians with whom he worked were students at Andover Newton Theological School Andover Newton Theological School, located in Newton, Massachusetts, is the oldest graduate school of theology in the United States. It maintains covenantal ties with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. in Newton, Mass. The drugs were administered when the students attended a Good Friday service in Marsh Chapel at Boston University, where Howard Thurman was preaching. The rest of the story is accurate. I was privileged to participate in a separate session in which Dr. Pahnke administered psilocybin psilocybin (sĭl'əsī`bən), perception-altering substance found in some species of mushroom. See hallucinogenic drug. to some faculty members to discover their experiences, as well. M.B. Handspicker North Bennington, Vt. I have out-of-body experiences nearly every night--I dream. Carl R. Anderson Bethesda, Md. In an out-of-body experience, people are aware that their "self" or center of awareness has left the physical body. Lucid dreaming lucid dreaming, n a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming. which is dreaming while knowing that one is dreaming is closely related to out-of-body experiences. --B. Bower |
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