Rational Mysticism: Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment

The author of The End of Science chronicles the most advanced research into such experiences as prayer, fasting, and trances in this "great read" (The Washington Post).

How do trances, visions, prayer, satori, and other mystical experiences "work"? What induces and defines them? Is there a scientific explanation for religious mysteries and transcendent meditation? John Horgan investigates a wide range of fields—chemistry, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, theology, and more—to narr...