Strange Bedfellows: Meditations on the Indispensable Virtues of Confusion, Mindfulness and Humor in the Neuroscientific and Cognitive Study of Esoteric and Contemplative Traditions1

Strange Bedfellows: Meditations on the Indispensable Virtues of Confusion, Mindfulness and Humor in the Neuroscientific and Cognitive Study of Esoteric and Contemplative Traditions1

Several recent publications in the study of esoteric traditions have drawn together insights from scholars of religions and philosophy, contemplative communities, metaphor and conceptual blend theories, cognitive sciences, neurosciences, and physical anthropology. These interdisciplinary exploration...

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Main Author: Jeffrey C. Ruff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
Tantra
Tantric sādhanā
Buddhist mindfulness
ritual trance
interdisciplinary contemplative studies
ethnographic neuroscience
humor in contemplative communities
philosophical confusion
conceptual confusion
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/7/9/113

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