An Evening with the Author: The Varieties of Spiritual Experience

A talk about the book: The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research and Perspectives. It will cover the history of research on the topic – as well as contemporary psychology, neuroscience and psychopharmacological (i.e., psychedelic) research on these meaningful altered states of consciousness.

“The most important book on the science of religion in my lifetime.” — Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Author of Learned Optimism and Authentic Happiness

“If you have the slightest curiosity about the spiritual dimensions of life and death, and if you value an approach that explores the outer reaches of mystical experience, yet never pretends to know what we don’t yet know, this is the book for you.” — Susan Cain, NY Times Bestselling Author of Quiet and Bittersweet