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religious experience and the brain

Brian Thiel/Lois Henry-Thiel thielbl at primenet.com
Mon Jan 9 00:16:00 EST 1995


In article <3epbh5$h7l at newsbf02.news.aol.com> gregg4444 at aol.com (Gregg4444) writes:

>  [snip]  however, it is well documented that patients suffering temporal
>lobe epilepsy, or receive stimulation to this area (i.e. during
>neurosurg), they can experince a "sublime" or "transcendental" feeling. i
>have several papers on this topic, and would be very interested in any
>related discussion.

The biofeedback/neurofeedback literature has various studies that touch on 
this.  In particular, the Greens, Steven Fahrion, Lester Fehmi and James 
Hardt, come to mind.  There are others, too.

--Brian



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The more weakly one stands on the ground of his belief, the
more he clings to the dogma which separates it from other beliefs.
 ... The more one stands on the ground of his belief, the 
more he can reach out to those who do not share his belief.
                                  --Viktor Frankl, MD, PhD, 1961



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