Strassman proposes Theoneurological Model

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« on: March 25, 2014, 01:19:01 am »
Interesting - are we getting to the point where any serious philosopher, neuroscientist, and theologian will have to provide proof of an ayahuasca trip?  ;D

Would probably make Lehar happy, as he's tried all sorts of drugs but says he remains committed to materialism. He'd go from the margins to the forefront of the skeptical movement!

DMT and the Soul of Prophecy (first chapter here)

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While the phenomenological properties of the two states overlap convincingly, the information content of the prophetic state appears to be much more highly articulated, enduring, and pervasive as evidenced by the Hebrew Bible’s influence throughout the world over the last 2500 years. The striking differences in the prophetic message versus the DMT one then led me to propose fundamental differences in how the two states come about. This finally led to a novel model of spiritual experience—either prophetic or psychedelic— that works from a top-down rather than bottom-up perspective. The bottom-up perspective is represented by neurotheology wherein changes in brain chemistry give the impression of communicating with the divine, whereas my new model, theoneurology, posits that God communicates with us via the agency of the brain.
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