The mystical mind : probing the biology of religious experience /
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| Author / Creator: | D'Aquili, Eugene G., 1940- |
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| Imprint: | Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c1999. |
| Description: | ix, 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Theology and the sciences |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3966396 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Prelude to the Mystical Mind. 1. Introduction. 2. The Brain and Central Nervous System. 3. The Basis for the Mystical Mind
- Pt. 2. The Mystical Mind. 4. Why the Mind Creates Myth. 5. Ritual, Liturgy, and the Mind. 6. The Mind, Meditation, and Mysticism. 7. The Near-Death Experience as a Mystical Phenomenon
- Pt. 3. Neurotheology and the Paradox of Phenomenology. 8. The Origin of Religion. 9. Neurotheology. 10. Consciousness and Reality. 11. Metatheology and Megatheology. 12. Epilogue: Some Practical Reflections.
