Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering

Wildman Ph.D, Wesley J.; Stockly Ph.D., Kate J.

ISBN 10: 1250274931 / ISBN 13: 9781250274939

Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 2021

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 26387324063

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Featuring a Foreword by Mikey Siegel, founder of Consciousness Hacking.

Technology can now control the spiritual experience. This is a journey through the high-tech aids for psychological growth that are changing our world, while exploring the safety, authenticity and ethics of this new world.

We already rely on technology to manage our health, sleep, relationships, and finances, so it’s no surprise that we’re turning to technological aids for the spiritual journey. From apps that help us pray or meditate, to cybernauts seeking the fast track to nirvana through magnetic brain stimulation, we are on the brink of the most transformative revolution in the practice of religion: an era in which we harness the power of “spirit tech” to deepen our experience of the divine.

Spirit tech products are rapidly improving in sophistication and power, and ordinary people need a trustworthy guide. Through their own research and insiders’ access to the top innovators and early adopters, Wesley J. Wildman and Kate J. Stockly take you deep inside an evolving world:

- Find out how increasingly popular “wearables” work on your brain, promising a shortcut to transformative meditative states.
- Meet the inventor of the “God Helmet” who developed a tool to increase psychic skills, and overcome fear, sadness, and anger.
- Visit churches that use ayahuasca as their sacrament and explore the booming industry of psychedelic tourism.
- Journey to a mansion in the heart of Silicon Valley where a group of scientists and entrepreneurs are working feverishly to bring brain-based spirit tech applications to the masses.
- Discover a research team who achieved brain-to-brain communication between individuals thousands of miles apart, harnessing neurofeedback techniques to sync and share emotions among group members.

Spirit Tech offers readers a compelling glimpse into the future and is the definitive guide to the fascinating world of new innovations for personal transformation, spiritual growth, and pushing the boundaries of human nature.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Wesley J. Wildman is Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics, and of Computing and Data Sciences at Boston University, USA; Professor II in the Institute for Global Development and Planning at the University of Agder, Norway; Executive Director of the Center for Mind and Culture in Boston; and Executive Director of Wildheart Evolution in Boston.

KATE J. STOCKLY, Ph.D. is a research fellow at the Center for Mind and Culture. In addition to Spirit Tech, she is co-author of High on God: How Megachurches Won the Heart of America, which analyzes the embodied bio-socio-cultural aspects of megachurch practices.

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Titel: Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of ...
Verlag: St. Martin's Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Einband: Hardcover
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