Nonlocality and exceptional experiences: a study of genius, religious epiphany, and the psychic

Explore : the Journal of Science and Healing
Stephan A Schwartz

Abstract

Two hundred years of reductive materialism has failed to explain the extraordinary experiences we know as moments of genius, religious epiphany, and psychic insight. This paper proposes that these three experiences are in essence the same experience, differentiated only by intention and context. It reaches this conclusion based on well-conducted experimental research across the continuum of science--work that proposes a new interdependent model of consciousness that takes into consideration a nonlocal linkage or entanglement, as an aspect of consciousness not limited by space and time. The paper surveys some of the most important relevant research from quantum biology, physics, psychology, medicine, anthropology, and parapsychology. It proposes that more attention should be paid to the autobiographies, correspondence, and journals of men and women to whom history unequivocally accords the designation of genius, saint, or psychic, offering examples from these sources. And it presents comparisons between ethnohistorical material and spiritual traditions, suggesting they arrive at a similar worldview. Finally, it proposes that meditation research, some examples of which are cited, be seen in the context of psychophysical self-regu...Continue Reading

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Mar 5, 2013·Explore : the Journal of Science and Healing·Stephan A Schwartz
Nov 3, 2010·Explore : the Journal of Science and Healing·Larry Dossey
Dec 17, 2014·Science and Engineering Ethics·Maryam Ronagh, Lawrence Souder
Dec 15, 2015·Global Advances in Health and Medicine : Improving Healthcare Outcomes Worldwide·David J HuffordWayne Jonas
Feb 2, 2015·Explore : the Journal of Science and Healing·Vernon M Neppe, Edward R Close
Apr 12, 2019·Frontiers in Psychology·Patrick Jones
Jun 26, 2021·Explore : the Journal of Science and Healing·Eric Leskowitz

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