Paranormal States Psychic Abilities in Buddhist Convert Communities

This book is a groundbreaking exploration of paranormal experiences reported by converts to Buddhism and their implications for both humanistic and scientific study of the paranormal.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

D. E. Osto is senior lecturer in philosophy at Massey University. They are the author of Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (Columbia, 2016) and An Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival: Contemporary Nondual Śaivism (2020), among other books.

Zusammenfassung

This book is a groundbreaking exploration of paranormal experiences reported by converts to Buddhism and their implications for both humanistic and scientific study of the paranormal.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: D. E. Osto
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2024
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Weitere Weltreligionen
• EAN: 9780231216548
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21654-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 336
• Themen: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Unexplained Phenomena, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Psychic powers & psychic phenomena, Psychic powers and psychic phenomena, Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal, Tibetan Buddhism, religion; philosophy; body; mind & spirit