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Religious Experience & neuroscience

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The Neuroscience of Religious Experience

Recent technical advances in the life and medical sciences have revolutionized our understanding of the brain, while the emerging disciplines of social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience continue to reveal the connections of the higher cognitive functions and emotional states associated with...

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The New Frontier of Religion and Science: Religious Experience, Neuroscience, and the Transcendent

This is the first major response to the challenge of neuroscience to religion. It considers eastern forms of religious experience as well as Christian viewpoints and challenges the idea of a mind identical to, or a by-product of, brain activity.

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How Do Psychedelic Drugs Work on the Brain?

Dr Robin Carhart-Harris talks about his scientific research into the effects and potential therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs. Join him as he discusses brain imaging work involving psilocybin, the active ingredient of magic mushrooms, and explains how the drug works in the brain.

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Changing Our Minds: Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy

Changing Our Minds is an experiential tour through a social, spiritual and scientific revolution that is redefining our culture’s often-confusing relationship with psychoactive substances.

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Mystical Experiences Open a ‘Door of Perception’ in the Brain

It turns out, mystical experiences may stem from the brain letting go of inhibitions, opening a “door of perception,” the researchers found.

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Robin Carhart-Harris: Brain Imaging Studies with Psilocybin and MDMA

Abstract: Highlighting the results of two fMRI studies and one MEG study with psilocybin and an fMRI study with MDMA, Carhart-Harris will report the effects of both drugs on regional brain activity and brain network organization.

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Dennis McKenna: Free Your Mind 3 Conference, 2015

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Altered States to Altered Traits: Hacking Flow

Jamie Wheal speaks at TEDx Black Rock City. “It’s never been easier to get high, and it’s just as hard as it’s always been to stay that way.

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