Kevin Nelson is the author of fifteen books, including The Golden Game, The Greatest Stories Ever Told (About Baseball), and Baseball's Greatest Quotes. He has also written articles for a variety of local and national publications such as Men's Fitness, Ski, Sport, Women's Sports and Fitness, San Francisco Chronicle, and the San Jose Mercury News.
"Nelson (Neurology/Univ. of Kentucky) has spent decades exploring
what underlies spiritual experiences, so there is more to this book
than physiological probing. In particular, the author is sensitive
to the intensity of a transcendent moment, how it 'deeply moves us
or transports us and connects us in one way or another with
something larger than ourselves.' As a neurologist, however, he
seeks an explanation based on well-established brain mechanisms.
Nelson is humble and balanced, wary of our perception of
consciousness and infectiously fascinated by how the brain shapes
it."
-Kirkus
"This book is a bold, provocative and highly readable account of
the author's journey into the world of religious experience and its
possible biological basis."
-V.S. Ramachandran, author of Phantoms in the Brain and A Brief
History of Human Consciousness
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