Brain & Belief: An Exploration of the Human SoulAEGIS PRESS, 2004 - 404 sider From its beginnings in prehistoric religion to its central importance in Western faith traditions, the soul has been a constant source of fascination and speculation. Brain & Belief seeks to understand mankind's obsession with life, death, and the afterlife. Exploring the latest insights from neuroscience, psychopharmacology, and existential psychology, McGraw exhaustively researches the various takes on the human soul and considers the meaning of the soul in a postmodern world. The ambitious scope of the book is balanced by a deeply personal voice whose sympathy for both science and religion is resonant. |
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Matter and Spirit | 5 |
Dover | 11 |
1 | 15 |
Unamuno p 51 | 18 |
Shamanism | 29 |
Shadow of the Shaman | 35 |
Zoroastrianism | 43 |
The Soul of Plato | 49 |
94 | 218 |
Recapitulation of the Soul | 225 |
Psilocybin Mushrooms 241 | 241 |
MDMAEcstasy 249 | 249 |
Brain Damage 262 | 262 |
Giving Up the Ghost | 275 |
Prolonged Immaturity | 285 |
Narcissism and the Reality Principle | 297 |
54 | 69 |
Judaism | 79 |
The Body of Christ | 85 |
195 | 98 |
The Soul Matter | 119 |
The Basics | 125 |
1 | 126 |
Of Neurons and Neurotransmitters | 131 |
How We Know Our Brains | 141 |
The Binding Problem | 157 |
Opiates | 193 |
85 | 212 |
Sigmund Freud Thoughts for the Times on War and Death | 304 |
The Epic of Gilgamesh | 311 |
321 | 321 |
The Mechanics of Belief and Disbelief 337 | 337 |
Mourning Ones Own Death | 345 |
Philosophies of Redemption | 359 |
The Wisdom of Epicurus | 367 |
Conclusion | 375 |
8 | 395 |
4 | 397 |
| 399 | |
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