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Sex, God, and the Brain

How Sexual Pleasure Gave Birth to Religion and a Whole Lot More

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Sex, God, and the Brain

By: Dr. Andrew Newberg
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For the modern world, it seems as if sexuality and spirituality have always been at odds. But what if the two are actually deeply connected? And what if science could prove this connection?

From neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, Sex, God, and the Brain argues that our religious and spiritual experiences derive directly from our sexual being. While others have speculated on a connection between religion and sex, Newberg is the first to demonstrate—with groundbreaking brain scan research gained through Orgasmic Meditation studies—that the underlying biological mechanism of religious, spiritual, and sexual experiences are identical.

With research technical enough for academics, but explained simply enough for the everyday reader, Sex, God, and the Brain, will reframe our understanding of the link between spirituality and sexuality.

©2024 Andrew Newberg (P)2024 Dreamscape Media Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Religious Studies Sociology Human Brain Meditation
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Overall I think this was pretty interesting. I really enjoyed the information however a good deal of it felt opinionated and almost surface level. There were a few times where I felt a concept was approached in a way I hadn't thought about. Overall I think it's a solid book to listen to 👍🏾.

Pretty Straight forward

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I had high hopes for this book given others people I value recommended it and I find the topics in this book incredibly fascinating. But it was mostly just Dr Newberg talking words that reflected his thoughts and experiences while occasionally vaguely mentioning studies he's done or references from others work. I kid you not, I could trounce this book with my personal experience, knowledge on the topics mentioned and more relevant and more abundant science to back it all. No doubt Dr Newberg is a stellar man with a great reputation and lots of experience. However this book does not in any way reflect that experience or his intelligence or the in depth knowledge he has or research he has done on the topics in this book.

far too much opinion and perspective of the author with very little substance linked to his logic

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The information is good... but I expected something more scholarly information that is also integrated better. It would have been better to focus on the actual main topic; discussions of related topics like Jungian psychology and temple prostitution, while relevant, was too superficial to make any significant impact to the book; in other words, its presence did nothing to change the main direction of the topic. Now if each subtopic was given its own extensive section or book that would have been worth it. Maybe the target audience is for those new to this topic because while I am not an expert, I have been interested in these topics for a while, and found nothing new here.... except for the actual studies done with the imaging, which I wanted more of... but was lacking in this book.

expected more

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I’ve had the great pleasure of studying with Dr. Newberg and getting certified as a Neuro coach through Mark Waldman‘s program

I am always learning from Dr. Newberg . This book is no exception. Thank you for breaching such a sensitive subject and presenting it in a way that is captivating fascinating and very interesting. As always evidenced based.

Thank you I look forward to your next book.

Science meets spirituality

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it was good but I was expecting more science and data backing up his proposals

a lot of conjecture

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