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John Horgan - Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border Between Science and Spirituality

John Horgan, author of the best-selling The End of Science, chronicles the

most advanced research into the mechanics—and meaning—of mystical

experiences. How do trances, visions, prayer, satori, and other mystical

experiences "work"? What induces and defines them? Is there a scientific

explanation for religious mysteries and transcendent meditation? John

Horgan investigates a wide range of fields — chemistry, neuroscience,

psychology, anthropology, theology, and more — to narrow the gap between

reason and mystical phenomena. As both a seeker and an award-winning

journalist, Horgan consulted a wide range of experts, including theologian

Huston Smith, spiritual heir to Joseph Campbell; Andrew Newberg, the

scientist whose quest for the "God module" was the focus of a Newsweek

cover story; Ken Wilber, prominent transpersonal psychologist; Alexander

Shulgin, legendary psychedelic drug chemist; and Susan Blackmore,

Oxford-educated psychologist, parapsychology debunker, and Zen

practitioner. Horgan explores the striking similarities between "mystical

technologies" like sensory deprivation, prayer, fasting, trance, dancing,

meditation, and drug trips. He participates in experiments that seek the

neurological underpinnings of mystical experiences. And, finally, he

recounts his own search for enlightenment — adventurous, poignant, and

sometimes surprisingly comic. Horgan"s conclusions resonate with the

controversial climax of The End of Science, because, as he argues, the

most enlightened mystics and the most enlightened scientists end up in the

same place — confronting the imponderable depth of the universe.

John Horgan, a former senior writer for Scientific American, is the author of the acclaimed End of Science and Undiscovered Mind. His articles have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Science Magazine, and a wide range of other publications. His work has won awards from the American Psychia-tric Association and the National Association of Science Writers, among others. With both a B.A. and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University, Horgan has lectured at McGill University. He lives in New York State with his wife and two children.

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