Any attempt to help neuroscientists and Tibetan Buddhists to understand each other is of potential value. At the very least, such an attempt is likely to help scholars on both sides to enter discussions from informed positions rather than from ignorance. Thus these three books deserve a warm welcome, though […]
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Even at the stage of the retina, a division arises between the dorsal and the ventral stream. The dorsal stream is responsible for movements in relations to objects, and is unconscious. The ventral stream has specialised modules for different aspects of vision. This processing happens at a still unconscious stage, […]
Galbraith (1999) has provided us with a fascinating account of the Spiritual Emergence Experience, for which she uses the acronym SEUS (spiritual experience up spine). As she points out this is also known as the rising of the kundalini energy (KE) in certain Eastern traditions. The nature of such experiences […]
Richard Dawkins is the high priest of popular science, this country’s unofficial scientist laureate. His theories have helped to form the generally accepted scientific ‘rational’ worldview of our culture, which most of our institutions, our media, and our respected intellectuals accept as ‘reality’. The main tenets of this worldview can […]
Editorial – Edi Bilimoria Articles Global Crisis or Opportunity: We Do Therefore We Evolve – Mick Collins The Problem of Peace – Dr Albert Schweitzer What is Peace? – Dr. Dieter Duhm Beyond Explanation: A Trans-Materialist Interpretation of NDEs – Steve Taylor Scientists Find Hints for the Immortality of the Soul – Dr […]
Issue No: 103 Editorial: The Challenge of the New – Bernard Carr Articles A Proposed New Paradigm of Matter, Mind and Spirit – Bernard Carr A Post-modern Emissary: moving forward from McGllchrist – Chris Clarke Recent Developments in Science and Medicine – Marilyn Monk Synthesising a DNA Genome is a Major Feat – but is […]
Issue No: 100 Editorial: Network Review 100 not out – David Lorimer Articles Crisis as Opportunity: Seizing the Moment for a new Renaissance – Oliver Robinson, John Clarke, David Lorimer Sustainability for the Next 50 Generations – Henryk Skolimowski Why Us? Dualism Resurgent – James Le Fanu You are Brilliant and the Earth is Hiring – Paul […]