Dreams and Visions : How Religious Ideas Emerge in Sleep and Dreams

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Dreams and VisionsHow Religious Ideas Emerge in Sleep and Dreams\nAuthor(s): Patrick McNamara Ph.D.\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Praeger Publishers Inc\nISBN-13: 9781440847165, 978-1440847165\nSynopsis\nA standout resource on the emerging field of applying neuropsychology and the latest findings in sleep and dream research to religious experience, this book investigates the proven biological links between REM dreams and religious ideas, covering past and current schools of thought in both the science of dreams and the science of religion.\nAcross time and around the world, billions of people with highly dissimilar backgrounds and cultures have felt spiritual or religious inspiration that shaped their lives and supplemented their mental strengthand in many cases, this inspiration came via a dream. The \""how\"" and \""why\"" of this common phenomenon is one that science has largely failed to explain. In this book, nationally recognized b.