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DMT and the Soul of Prophecy - A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible (Paperback)
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DMT and the Soul of Prophecy - A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible (Paperback)
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Naturally occurring DMT may produce prophecy-like states of
consciousness and thus represent a bridge between biology and
religious experience
- Reveals the striking similarities between the visions of the
Hebrew prophets and the DMT state described by Strassman's research
volunteers
- Explains how prophetic and psychedelic states may share
biological mechanisms
- Presents a new top-down "theoneurological" model of spiritual
experience
After completing his groundbreaking research chronicled in "DMT:
The Spirit Molecule," Rick Strassman was left with one fundamental
question: What does it mean that DMT, a simple chemical naturally
found in all of our bodies, instantaneously opens us to an
interactive spirit world that feels more real than our own world?
When his decades of clinical psychiatric research and Buddhist
practice were unable to provide answers to this question, Strassman
began searching for a more resonant spiritual model. He found that
the visions of the Hebrew prophets--such as Ezekiel, Moses, Adam,
and Daniel--were strikingly similar to those of the volunteers in
his DMT studies. Carefully examining the concept of prophecy in the
Hebrew Bible, he characterizes a "prophetic state of consciousness"
and explains how it may share biological and metaphysical
mechanisms with the DMT effect.
Examining medieval commentaries on the Hebrew Bible, Strassman
reveals how Jewish metaphysics provides a top-down model for both
the prophetic and DMT states, a model he calls "theoneurology."
Theoneurology bridges biology and spirituality by proposing that
the Divine communicates with us using the brain, and DMT--whether
naturally produced or ingested--is a critical factor in such
visionary experience. This model provides a counterpoint to
"neurotheology," which proposes that altered brain function simply
generates the impression of a Divine-human encounter.
Theoneurology addresses issues critical to the full flowering of
the psychedelic drug experience. Perhaps even more important, it
points the way to a renewal of classical prophetic consciousness,
the soul of Hebrew Bible prophecy, as well as unexpected directions
for the evolution of contemporary spiritual practice.
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