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In 1646 … John Boggis of Great Yarmouth, asked, “Where is your God, in Heaven or in earth, aloft or below, or where doth he sit with his arse?”

—Richard Webster, A Brief History of Blasphemy

Spirit on the Brain (pub. date c. 2015) will trace the evolution of religion and meditation-based spirituality from paleolithic, pre-scientific times into our own—from shamanic rituals and healing, through alchemy, into the neuroscience underlying higher-state-of-consciousness experiences.

I am blogging my research as I do it, and welcome constructive feedback in the comments.

—Geoffrey D. Falk