Brain --> Mind --> Spirit        The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition6 reviews Michael Tomasello Harvard University Press, 2001 The Essential Ingredient + Tomasello rocks! + Essential + Cutting-edge evolutionary psychology             Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief74 reviews Andrew Newberg, Eugene D'Aquili, ... Ballantine Books, 2002 The Mystical Origins of Religion. + An interesting perspective on the neuroethology of religion + Toward Bridging the Gap _Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief_ by Andrew Newberg, M.D., Eugene d'Aquili, M.D., Ph.D., and Vince Rause is a fascinating look into the brain science which seeks to provide an understanding of mystical experience (i.e. the experience of God). While many of the ...             Thoughts Without A Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective7 reviews Mark Epstein Basic Books, 2004 I loved this book! + Freud meets Buddha + thoughts by a being vs non being reader + Excellent foundation of his approach + Apropos             Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon151 reviews Daniel C. Dennett Viking Adult, 2006 Fills a niche. + Is It 'Breaking' the Spell or 'Casting' the Spell? A Brilliant Cognitive Philosopher casts his net! + Good work! + A Powerful Book             Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness32 reviews James H. Austin The MIT Press, 1999 Thought provoking book of paradox + Excellent Understanding of ZEN This very detailed and voluminous book delves into two subjects, which at times appear very different and not easily connected. On the one hand, the author provides an excellent description of his experience with Zen Buddhism. He describes how Zen is a very rigorous practice and recounts his own ...             Conversations on Consciousness: What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be ...4 reviews Susan Blackmore Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 Controversies in consciousness studies + Very impressive book What is the problem of consciousness? Are zombies (creatures that look and act like humans but who have no consciousness) theoretically possible? Does consciousness survive death? Is there such a thing as free will? These are the types of questions Susan Blackmore poses to twenty-one ...             Consciousness Explained100 reviews Daniel C. Dennett Back Bay Books, 1992 I FILLED THIS BOX BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME SO. ~Shakey + One of the best books with so much inside + I know there are like 100 reviews, but read this! Instead of the normal yay or nay review I'll post a few quotes that touch on the underlying theme of this book and the problem it deals with. . . . The problem with consciousness: "I'm writing a book on magic." I explain, and I'm asked, "Real magic?" By /real magic/ people mean miracles, ...             The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God57 reviews Carl Sagan Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 Buy this book! + Brilliant + Better Than Dawkins + Another thought provoking book by Carl Sagan + The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God             The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature201 reviews Steven Pinker Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 Blank Slate is erased + Nature vs. Nurture + This Will Change You (Nature v. Nurture) + One of the best books ever             Reason and Insight: Western and Eastern Perspectives on the Pursuit of Moral Wisdom1 review Timothy Shanahan, Robin Wang Wadsworth Publishing, 2002 Ethics book I actually used this as a college textbook for my upperdivision Ethics class. I thought it would be very dense and boring, but to the contrary. It is organized in 2 parts, Eastern and Western, and in each part, different views are discussed. For example, the Taoism (or Daoism) chapter discusses the ...             The Cradle of Thought: Exploring the Origins of Thinking1 review Peter Hobson Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 The Forms of Relatedness That Make Us Human This is a terrific and groundbreaking book. Peter Hobson presents a radical and scientifically coherent view of the development of intersubjectivity and its relation to symbolic forms of meaning. He carefully details the developmental science that requires a fully social and sharing human child ...             Fundamental Neuroscience4 reviews Churchill Livingstone, 2002 A Gem for Clinical Neuroscientists In my humble opinion, Fundamental Neuroscience, edited by D.E. Haines, is an undiscovered gem! I am particularly impressed by the illustrations; this textbook combines actual photographs of brains, various types of brain scans, histological plates and color-coded schematic diagrams to give the ...             The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality45 reviews Dalai Lama Broadway, 2005 A profound and insightful book. + His Holiness studies science to look for connections to Buddhism + An intelligent & sincere bridge builder. + Hello, Dalai + a wise and interesting opinion             The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience (Theology and the Sciences)7 reviews Eugene G. D'Aquili, Andrew B. Newberg Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1999 Heavy Reading--Excellent Results + The Neuropsychology of Mysticism The text of this book is difficult to work through. It is not designed for the light reader or the quick student. Taking twice as long to read this book was a drain, but the payoff was excellent. He does not simply give facts, but works to tie them together into a specific working hypothesis, ...             Rational Mysticism: Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment49 reviews John Horgan Mariner Books, 2004 Really interesting + A thinking person's investigation into mysticism In Rational mysticism we follow science journalist John Horgan on his pursuit of (scientific) explanations and research about spiritual experiences. First he sketches out different kind of spiritual experiences and mystical visions. Then he travels around meeting as diverse people as the ...             Neuroanatomy: An Atlas of Structures, Sections, and Systems2 reviews Haines Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001 Excellent! + Good pathway diagrams, not so great photos I used this book for my first neuroanatomy course, and it was an excellent tool to guide me though the class. It was especially useful for identification of structures and paths for the lab portion of the class, but was also helpful for the lecture segment. I recomend this book for anyone taking ...             The Naturalness of Religious Ideas: A Cognitive Theory of Religion Pascal Boyer University of California Press, 1994 Why do people have religious ideas? And why those religious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. Experimental results from developmental psychology, he says, can explain why certain religious representations are more likely to be acquired, stored, and transmitted by ...             The "God" Part of the Brain: A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality and God83 reviews Matthew Alper Sourcebooks, Inc., 2006 I Review, therefore I AM... A reader, such as myself, initially might be drawn to this book for "ANSWERS", but I think tantamount are the "QUESTIONS" Matthew Alper asks himself , then poses to we, the readers. The author presents vast amounts of information, for example Chapter 3, "A Very Brief History of Time or ...             Rational Mysticism: Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment49 reviews John Horgan Mariner Books, 2004 Really interesting + A thinking person's investigation into mysticism In Rational mysticism we follow science journalist John Horgan on his pursuit of (scientific) explanations and research about spiritual experiences. First he sketches out different kind of spiritual experiences and mystical visions. Then he travels around meeting as diverse people as the ...             Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness32 reviews James H. Austin The MIT Press, 1999 Thought provoking book of paradox + Excellent Understanding of ZEN This very detailed and voluminous book delves into two subjects, which at times appear very different and not easily connected. On the one hand, the author provides an excellent description of his experience with Zen Buddhism. He describes how Zen is a very rigorous practice and recounts his own ...              Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen VHS: Happiest Days of Your Life leave a comment home  impressum - about us