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

[Mike Austin]

In message <1112124218.5545.20.camel at localhost.localdomain>, Richard P. 
Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> writes

>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.

You can hear the BBC Reith Lectures by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran here:

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/

They are most fascinating, and occasionally quite amusing. I thoroughly 
recommend them.

-- 
Metta
Mike Austin