mystical experiences and thereby allow research into brain states during these experiences. Are drugoccasioned mystical experiences neurologically the same as more traditional mystical states? Are there phenomenological and theological differences? As this research goes forward and the public becomes more widely aware of its achievements, religious scholars and experts in science and religion will be called upon to interpret the philosophical and theological presuppositions that underpin this research and the significance of the findings that flow from it. cognitive Keywords: science; entheogen;mystical experience; mysticism; neuroscience; psilocybin; psychedelic Collins, Kenneth J. John Wesley's Assessment of ? H Lexington Christian Mysticism Theological ? pp. Quarterly 299-318 Connolly, Peter Ecstasy and Enstasy: two 2015 S Also trance Journal for the of the same coin? Study of Religious 1, 1, Experience, ( ) Connors, Michael Beliefs hearing voices 2016 People who experience auditory verbal Consciousness and Ψ H. et al. 43 (2016) hallucinations (AVHs) vary in whether they Cognition 89–101 believe their AVHs are self-generated or caused by external agents. It remains unclear whether these differences are influenced by the of the voices, such as their ‘‘intensity”
mystical experiences and thereby allow research into brain states during these experiences. Are drugoccasioned mystical experiences neurologically the same as more traditional mystical states? Are there phenomenological and theological differences? As this research goes forward and the public becomes more widely aware of its achievements, religious scholars and experts in science and religion will be called upon to interpret the philosophical and theological presuppositions that underpin this research and the significance of the findings that flow from it. Keywords: cognitive science; entheogen;mystical experience; mysticism; neuroscience; psilocybin; psychedelic Collins, Kenneth J. John Wesley's Assessment of Christian Mysticism ? Lexington Theological Quarterly ? pp. 299-318 H Connolly, Peter Ecstasy and Enstasy: two of the same coin? 2015 Journal for the Study of Religious Experience, 1, 1, ( ) S Also trance Connors, Michael H. et al. Beliefs hearing voices 2016 Consciousness and Cognition 43 (2016) 89–101 Ψ People who experience auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) vary in whether they believe their AVHs are self-generated or caused by external agents. It remains unclear whether these differences are influenced by the ‘‘intensity” of the voices, such as their