Thinkpieces: Mysterium Tremendum

Zygon

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 237-254

  Peterson, Gregory R ^a  

^a Thiel College   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrew Newberg; Buddhist meditation; Eugene d'Aquili; Neuroscience; Religious experience; SPECT scan; V. S. Ramachandran

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949253656     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00426     Document Type: Article

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