[Buddha-l] Re: Buddhism, drug use and LSD

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 11:48 -0500, Vaj wrote:

> Here is the illustrators note by Beer from _Masters of Enchantment_
> used here under "fair use" and for review only. As with any review, if
> you like it, buy the book and tell your friends.
> -------------
> 
> I was born in Cardiff, South Wales in September 1947. As a child I had
> a mild form of epilepsy which gave rise to periods of mental blankness
> and vivid imaginings.

Required reading for this topic is V.S. Ramachandran's <cite> Phantoms
in the brain: probing the mysteries of the human mind</cite>, which has
quite a lot on epilepsy and "enlightenment" experiences, as well as on
bipolar disorder and religious experiences of various kinds. As many of
you will know, Ramachandran is one of the best science writers around
and is very good at exploring mysteries rather than explaining them
away.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico