Meditation & Light Visions (a Neurological Analysis)

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By (author) Nicholson, Philip T

Biographical note:
Philip Nicholson has published articles on the neural correlates of meditation-induced light visions in medical journals (Epilepsia, Medical Hypotheses, The Journal of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine) and academic publications (The Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies; Shamanism in the Interdisciplinary Context; Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the International Society for Shamanistic Research, Changchun, China, 2004 [in press]; Proceedings of the 2006 Harvard-Peking University International Conference on Comparative Mythology, Beijing, China [in press]). His research on the neural correlates of meditation and meditation-induced light visions originally published in those sources has been incorporated-in revised form-in this book. The author”s other projects encompass a wide range of subjects, including an examination of ethical dilemmas facing military psychiatrists (Archives of General Psychiatry); a high school psychology text (Grace et al., Your Self: An Introduction to Psychology); filmscripts for a “Dilemmas in Legal Ethics” series commissioned by the American Bar Association; videoscripts for programs used in the continuing education of physicians (sponsored by The American Cancer Society, The National Heart Lung & Blood Institute, and myriad pharmaceutical companies); and articles on the cumulative psychological impact of living and working in fast-paced, computer-driven environments (“Technostress at the Top: Work, Morale, and Self-Scrutiny,” Leaders Magazine). More information about the book and about the author”s credentials are available online at . Subsequent to the publication of this book on the brain mechanisms that generate meditation-induced light visions, the author published a new website, , that contains video animations of each light vision in the predictable meditation-induced sequence along with s of each type of vision found in the narratives of influential mystics from virtually all of the world”s major religious traditions.