The Enchanted Loom reviews Mario Beauregard's and Denyse O'Leary's book, The Spiritual Brain
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Many of the experiences that human beings have that might be called religious or spiritual have direct correlates and signatures in brain activity. In this compelling account Beauregard and O'Leary document much of the research that points up the many significant differences in the brains of longtime spiritual practitioners and the lay public.
The Enchanted Loom reviews Mario Beauregard's and Denyse O'Leary's book, The Spiritual Brain
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- 2. Teasing 10 threads from Mario Beauregard¡¯s and Denyse O¡¯Leary¡¯s ¡
- 3. Thread 1: Nature is a ¡°blind watchmaker.¡± But the brain turns out to be more like an ocean than a clockwork. (pg. 1 & 103)
- 4. Thread 2: Research on 1000 human guinea pigs has established a clear link between spiritual or relig- ious experience and the temporal lobes of the human brain. (pg. 81)
- 5. Thread 3: ¡°¡®Cerebral fritzing¡¯ is responsible for almost anything one might describe as paranormal~ aliens, heavenly apparitions, past- life sensations, near-death experiences, awareness of the soul, you name it.¡± (pg. 84)
- 6. Thread 4: ¡°Synapses between cells are awash in hor- mones and neurotransmitters that modulate the transmission of signals. They constantly form and dissolve, weaken and strengthen in response to new experi- ences.¡± (pg. 102)
- 7. Thread 5: ¡°The time has come for science to confront the serious implications of the fact that directed, willed mental activity can clearly and systematically alter brain function.¡± (pg. 126)
- 8. Thread 6: ¡°Fear is never a good counselor and victory over fear is the first spiritual duty of man.¡± (pg. 136)
- 9. Thread 7: ¡°In large measure the history of medicine is the history of the placebo effect.¡± (pg. 140)
- 10. Thread 8: ¡°Neither the placebo nor the nocebo effect has been much studied ¨C medical comfort with such squishy phenomena aside, there¡¯s no money in it.¡± (pg. 149)
- 11. Thread 9: Neuro-electric, neurochemical and neuro- metabolic changes are necessary for a religious- spiritual- mystical experience to take place. (pg. 293)
- 12. Thread 10: Some researchers have proposed that our brains do not produce mind and conscious- ness, but rather act as reducing valves allowing us only a narrow portion of perceivable reality. (pg. 292)
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