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Spiritual experiences and the brain
Below are links to some articles on the kinds of brain activity associated with spiritual experiences. (I've listed them for information purposes only. I do not necessarily agree with the opinions voiced in these articles.)
- Neurotheology: Which came first, God or the brain? by Charlotte Ford and This is Your Brain on God by Christine Farrenkopf on Serendip
- Experiencing God: The Neurology of the Spiritual Experience by Scott Bidstrup
- The "God" Part of the Brain
- Brain Science and God: The Biological Basis of Belief: An Interview with Andrew Newberg, M.D. in Psychology Online Journal
- A Photograph of God? An introduction to the Biology of Belief, Chapter 1 of Why God Won't Go Away - Brain Science and the Biology of Belief by Andrew Newberg, M.D., Eugene d'Aquili, and Vince Rause, on Blueskypie
- A Photograph of God? Science and Spirituality Collide in a Lab and Tracking Religion with Brain Patterns on ABC News
And here are some relevant book reviews:
- The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience by Eugene G. DAquili, Andrew B. Newberg | eNotalone Books | Psych Books | Phil - Books | Amazon
- Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief by Andrew Newberg M.D., Eugene G. D'Aquili Ph.D., Vince Rause | eNotalone Books | Psych Books | Phil - Books | Amazon
- Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence by Etzel Cardena (Editor), Steven Jay Lynn (Editor), Stanley Krippner (Editor) | Psych Books | Amazon
- Where God Lives in the Human Brain by Carol Rausch Albright, James B. Ashbrook, Anne Harrington | eNotalone Books | Psych Books | Amazon
- The "God" Part of the Brain by Matthew Alper | eNotalone Books | Psych Books | Phil - Books | Amazon
- The Biology of Belief: How Our Biology Biases Our Beliefs and Perceptions by Joseph Giovannoli, Dan A. Wilson (Editor), Thomas Giovannoli (Illustrator) | eNotalone Books | Psych Books | Amazon
- Neuropsychological Bases of God Beliefs by Michael A. Persinger | Psych Books | Amazon
- NeuroTheology: Brain, Science, Spirituality, Religious Experience - anthology including writings by R. Joseph, Andrew Newberg, Matthew Alper, William James, Friederich Nietzsche, Eugene G. dAquili, Michael Persinger, Carol Albright | eNotalone Books | Psych Books | Phil - Books | Amazon
- Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought by Pascal Boyer | Psych books | Amazon
- Cognitive Models and Spiritual Maps: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Religious Experience by Jensine Andresen, Robert K. C. Forman, Ken Wilber | Psych Books | Amazon
- Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border Between Science and Spirituality by John Horgan | Psych Books
- Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness by James H. Austin | Psych Books | Amazon
- Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions by by Walter Burkert | Amazon
- The Humanizing Brain: Where Religion and Neuroscience Meet by James B. Ashbrook, Carol Rausch Albright, Anne Harrington | Amazon
- The Transmitter to God: The Limbic System, the Soul, and Spirituality by Rhawn Joseph | Phil - Books | Amazon
- Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by Antonio Damasio | Psych Books | Amazon
- Descartes Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain by Antonio R. Damasio | Psych Books
- Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are by Joseph Ledoux | Psych Books
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