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: Ruff, Jeffrey C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2016]
In: Religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 9, Pages: 1-18
Further subjects:B Tantra
B philosophical confusion
B ethnographic neuroscience
B humor in contemplative communities
B Tantric sādhanā
B ritual trance
B conceptual confusion
B interdisciplinary contemplative studies
B Buddhist mindfulness
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