Ghosts of Atlantis by J. Douglas Kenyon

Author:J. Douglas Kenyon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ancient Mysteries
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Published: 2021-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BRAIN

Those who have been waiting for science to find the so-called “God spot” in the brain will, apparently, have to wait a while longer. Researchers at the University of Missouri now concede that the human brain doesn’t have such a spot, that “spirituality” is a complex phenomenon, and that multiple areas of the brain are responsible.

The researchers say, for example, that spiritual transcendence is associated with decreased right parietal lobe functioning, but that other spiritual functions, like interest in the welfare of others, are related to increased activity in the frontal lobe. According to Brick Johnstone, professor of health psychology, the research shows a neuropsychological basis for spirituality, albeit not in one spot.*121

That could be as close to holistic as materialistic science can get, but it is still far from the view held by most of those who consider themselves more spiritual—that the physical brain is merely a receiver or conveyor of thoughts or energy that come from “mind,” which exists somewhere other than, or beyond, the physical body.

By the way . . . the special capacity of Einstein’s brain—something long asserted by reductionists—has also been thrown out. After studying the great scientist’s brain, psychologist Terence Hine of Pace University says it proved to be nothing special, at least in terms of its physical characteristics. According to Discover magazine, blind tests with unlabeled slides made from Einstein’s brain were no different than slides made from other completely ordinary brains.†122

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