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Many thanks to all who replied to this post! Jennifer On 10-May-08, at 10:37 AM, Michael Winkelman wrote: > Dear Jennifer, > Many fairly technical studies in neuroscience & psychopharmacology > offer explanations of > ecstatic states, the effects of serotonin on perception, & similar > matters. > You might also find Marcus Boon, The Road of Excess: A History of > Writers on Drugs > (Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2002) > to be of some use. Best of luck! > Michael Winkelman > Assistant Professor of Renaissance English Literature > Johnson State College, Vermont > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 21:51:58 -0400 >> From: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: medicine and mysticism >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >>> Dear list: >>> >>> Can anyone suggest a reliable, scholarly evaluation of the (I think >>> mostly popular?) theory that the spiritual experiences of medieval >>> mystics may have had physiological causes? >>> >>> (I am currently working as a dramaturge with Rosa Laborde, an up- >>> and- >>> coming Canadian playwright - her play Léo toured Canada this year >>> and was nominated for a Governor General's Award - I recommend it! >>> Rosa's current project - in very early drafts - is about a medical >>> historian and his daughter, who are experiencing mystical visions.) >>> >>> Many thanks! >>> >>> Jennifer >>> >>> >>> Jennifer Roberts-Smith, PhD >>> Assistant Professor, Drama >>> University of Waterloo >>> >>> Modern Languages Building 131A >>> 200 University Avenue West >>> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 >>> 519-888-4567 ext. 35785 >>> fax: 519-725-0651 >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> >>> > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. > http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_05200