Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative Experiences and Their Effects on Our Bodies, Brains, and Health - Brossura

Sheldrake, Rupert

 
9781640092648: Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative Experiences and Their Effects on Our Bodies, Brains, and Health
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ISBN 10: 1640092641 ISBN 13: 9781640092648
Casa editrice: Counterpoint, 2019

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A biologist draws on science and psychology to validate the benefits of 7 common religious practices--from meditation and gratitude to rituals and pilgrimage.

"I have personally adopted many of [these] practices . . . and experienced more love, joy, empathy, gratitude, and equanimity as a result." ―Deepak Chopra

The effects of spiritual practices are now being investigated scientifically as never before, and many studies have shown that religious and spiritual practices generally make people happier and healthier. In this pioneering book, Rupert Sheldrake shows how science helps validate 7 practices on which many religions are built, and which are part of our common human heritage:

- Meditation
- Gratitude
- Connecting with nature
- Relating to plants
- Rituals
- Singing and chanting
- Pilgrimage and holy places

Sheldrake summarizes the latest scientific research on what happens when we take part in these practices, and suggests ways that readers can explore these fields for themselves. For those who are religious, Science and Spiritual Practices will illuminate the evolutionary origins of their own traditions and give a new appreciation of their power. For the nonreligious, this book will show how the core practices of spirituality are accessible to all.

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Informazioni sull?autore

RUPERT SHELDRAKE, PhD, is a biologist and the author of more than eighty-five scientific papers and twelve books. He is a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, California, and of Schumacher College in Devon, England.

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Editore
Counterpoint
Data di pubblicazione
2019
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1640092641
ISBN 13 
9781640092648
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
212
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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ISBN 10:  1473630096 ISBN 13:  9781473630093
Casa editrice: Coronet Books, 2018
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