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.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
1. The Paranormal in the Indian Buddhist Tradition
2. The Enchanted West: The Contemporary Scientific Study of the Paranormal
3. Tales of Psychic Phenomena
4. Tales of OBEs, NDEs, and Close Encounters
5. The Yogin
6. The Gift
7. Toward a Phenomenology of the Paranormal
8. Autobiographical Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: D. E. Osto
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2024
• EAN: 9780231216548
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21654-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; 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