Horgan, John, 1953-

Rational mysticism : dispatches from the border between science and spirituality / John Horgan. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003. - 292 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and index.

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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Mysticism.
Religion and science.

BL 625 / .H67 2003