On Vision and Being Human: Exploring the Menstrual, Neurological and Symbolic Origins of Religious Experience (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781326337582)

Visionary and religious experiences are ubiquitous among human beings, but why do we experience them as coming from a hidden reality beyond the senses? Why should we believe in the existence of deities despite the mundane evidence of our own eyes? Why do we as intelligent primates ascribe any importance to these 'imaginary' realities at all? This creative and speculative thesis seeks to answer these questions in a new way, gazing into the content of visions themselves and exploring the various inner realities that gave rise to these transformative and meaningful aspects of our humanity. Focusing upon symbolic cognition as a fundamental organising principle of human experience, a diverse series of musings upon the nature of reality, consciousness, and our evolutionary origins seeks to transcend our modern artificial boundaries to arrive at a holistic, and delightfully playful, human image for the twenty-first century. An original visionary thesis illustrated with 30 beautiful drawings.

Author: Bruce Rimell
ISBN-10: 1326337580
ISBN-13: 9781326337582
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2015
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.71d