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Study shows religious participation and spirituality processed in different cerebral regions Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a “God spot,” one distinct area of the brain responsible for spirituality. Now, University of Missouri researchers have completed research that indicates spirituality is a complex phenomenon, and multiple areas of the brain are responsible for the many aspects of spiritual experiences. Based on a previously published study that indicated...
PHOENIX, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Described as a modern day manual of spiritual truths, The Acceptance Guidebook leads the reader on a voyage of self-acceptance, awareness, personal growth, and spirituality. Author Todd Schaefer, owner of Arizona Hypnotheraphy Clinic, relates his own spiritual journey in a way that engages, enlightens and gives hope to others searching for spiritual meaning and truth. In sharing his own story, the author blends humor, honesty, and exceptional clarity...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Dispensing with the platitudes and so-called wisdom that seemingly have no application to daily life, author Richard Ferguson gives readers the opportunity to take a glimpse into his own faith journey in order to demonstrate the unity of mankind with God in his new inspirational guidebook, "A Real Life Christian Spiritual Journey: A Story Of Real Life Spiritual Experiences On The Way Back To God" (published by AuthorHouse). Divided into three...
A U.S. researcher suggests people, despite cultural background or religion, experience the same neuropsychological functions during spiritual experiences. Brick Johnstone, a neuropsychologist at the University of Missouri, said that transcendence -- feelings of universal unity and decreased sense of self -- is a core tenet of all major religions. Meditation and prayer are the primary vehicles by which such spiritual transcendence is achieved. The brain functions in a certain way during...
ELIN Danien quietly listens to a meditation tape, eyes closed, as the radioactive tracer is injected into her IV, freezing a picture of the blood flow in her brain. As a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, Danien is sharp enough to organize an upcoming exhibit on the Mayans, but finds herself increasingly forgetful. Now she is part of a study to determine if meditation can improve brain functioning - to measure how traditional...
By Emma Cowing THE woman's voice floats gently through the mist. "Tell me what you can see," she asks me. "I'm standing at an ornate front door in a long silk dress," I tell her. "I'm waving goodbye to my husband. He's going down the long drive in a horse and carriage. I know I'll never see him again." I am, of course, doing no such thing. Rather, I am lying on a bed of fluffy cushions inside a garden shed in one of the politer suburbs of Aberdeen, being given past-life regression therapy....
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Magic mushrooms," used by Native Americans and hippies to alter consciousness, appear to have similar mystical effects on many people, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. More than 60 percent of volunteers given capsules of psilocybin derived from mushrooms said they had a "full mystical experience." "Many of the volunteers in our study reported, in one way or another, a direct, personal experience of the...
NEW YORK - People who took an illegal drug made from mushrooms reported profound mystical experiences that led to behavior changes lasting for weeks "” all part of an experiment that recalls the psychedelic '60s.Many of the 36 volunteers rated their reaction to a single dose of the drug, called psilocybin, as one of the most meaningful or spiritually significant experiences of their lives. Some compared it to the birth of a child or the death of a parent.Such comments "just seemed...
