Near-Death and Transcendental Experiences: Neurophysiological Correlates of Mystical Traditions (open access)

Near-Death and Transcendental Experiences: Neurophysiological Correlates of Mystical Traditions

Article exploring a theory that the first stages of transcendental experiences might be induced by blocking or saturating sensory input to the brain at the level of the hippocampus. Many accounts of kundalini awakenings are consistent with this theory, as is an extended version of Itzhak Bentov's physio-kundalini model.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Jourdan, Jean-Pierre
System: The UNT Digital Library