Reflections: Foreword by Dr. Michael A. Persinger
Reflections: Foreword by Dr. Michael A. Persinger
Foreword by Dr. Michael A. Persinger
Great, but I had hoped for more...
When I saw Dr. Persinger on the list of contributors to this volume I was very glad. After reading Origin I hunted for more on the subject and found Neuropsychological Basis for God Beliefs by Michael Persinger. After this, I was fascinated by his work and the bold questions he asks. I think Neuropsychological Basis for God Beliefs would have been a great addition to Reflections along with detailed information on Persinger's experiments with EMF stimulation of the brain and his theories on the alien abduction experience and temporal lobe epilepsy. I believe A Neuro... is out of print and I don't know of any recent publications by Persinger, if he has published anything recently or is working on anything, I would love to know about it. If he is available to this forum, well, I probably have as many questions as he feels like answering.
Yes, Dr. Persinger's work on a feeling of presence in the right hemisphere is highly relevant and his Foreword is a valuable contribution to the book.
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In the meantime, Professor Persinger regularly publishes articles in academic journals, some of which you may be able to find at a university library.
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I'm not sure what you mean by that -- obviously a 175 page book cannot be contained within another book. But if you mean just a discussion of his ideas, I completely agree. There is so much ground to cover in any project discussing Jaynes's work, unfortunately not everything can be included. Hopefully for a future edited volume Professor Persinger might consider writing a chapter on how his fascinating research relates to Jaynes's theory.I think Neuropsychological Basis for God Beliefs would have been a great addition to Reflections
In the meantime, Professor Persinger regularly publishes articles in academic journals, some of which you may be able to find at a university library.