Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality
Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality presents a variety of perspectives by leading thinkers on contemporary research into the brain, the mind and the spirit. This volumes aims at combining knowledge from neuroscience with approaches from the
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Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality Volume 1 Series Editors Harald Walach, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Stefan Schmidt, University Medical Center, Freiburg and European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Editorial Board Jonathan Schooler, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Mario Beauregard, University of Montreal, Canada Robert Forman, Jerusalem Institute of Advanced Studies, Israel B. Alan Wallace, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies, CA, USA
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Harald Walach • Stefan Schmidt Wayne B. Jonas Editors
Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality
Editors Harald Walach Institute for Transcultural Health Science European Universtiy Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Grosse Scharrnstr. 59 15230 Frankfurt (Oder) Germany [email protected] Wayne B. Jonas Samueli Institute King Street 1737 Alexandia, VA 22314 USA [email protected]
Stefan Schmidt Department of Environmental Health Sciences University Medical Center Freiburg Breisacherstr. 115b 79106 Freiburg Germany European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) Germany [email protected]
ISSN 2211-8918 e-ISSN 2211-8926 ISBN 978-94-007-2078-7 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2079-4 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2079-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011936020 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword of the Series Editors
“Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality” was born out of the vision to build bridges and get different disciplines to talk to each other. We have been observing these disciplines for quite a while, doing empirical research in the field of mindfulness meditation, conceptual, psychological and philosophical issues, as well as spirituality. We were struck by the lack of communication between different pockets of research cultures. We thought that neuroscience researchers could learn from philosophers and from those dealing with issues around spirituality and mystical experience, and vice versa. We felt that the philosophical discourse around the issue of what constitutes consciousness and how it can be explained would benefit from hard neuroscientific data on the one hand and from insights stemming from firstperson experience on the other hand, as it is the currency of spiritual traditions. Science within the comfort zone of unidisciplinarity is always nice and easy, and cosy, too. Stepping beyond is not only challenging, it is nothing short of madness an
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