Flights of the Soul
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More About This Title Flights of the Soul
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Reports of dreams, journeys into the heavens, and other alternate states of consciousness abound in the Old and New Testaments and in extrabiblical literature. While some scholars have considered such reports to be simple literary devices, John J. Pilch â a leading expert in social scientific interpretation of the Bible â believes otherwise. As Pilch points out, anthropological research on over 400 representative cultures in the world shows that more than ninety percent of these cultures have reported such experiences routinely. Factual or not, he says, biblical accounts of alternate consciousness are both plausible and significant because they constitute a very common, real, human experience in their respective cultures. Drawing on insights from from anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and the social sciences, Pilch investigates and interprets Old and New Testament accounts of dreams, visions, journeys into the heavens, and other alternate states of consciousness within their cultural contexts. The result is a fresh and intriguing take on familiar biblical events. Flights of the Soul sheds new light on such things as these: * Ezekielâs prophetic visions * Enochâs sky journeys * Jesusâ transfiguration and ascension * Resurrection appearances in the Gospels * Paulâs ecstatic vision on the road to Damascus * Johnâs heavenly journeys described in Revelation
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John J. Pilch is visiting professor in the Odyssey Program at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and was adjunct professor of biblical literature at Georgetown University for eighteen years. His other books include Flights of the Soul: Visions, Heav
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âThe scope of Pilchâs scholarship is impressive: he offers enlightening perspectives on music, cultural anthropology, biblical interpretation, and alternate states of consciousness, referencing international and cross-cultural research and commentary. . . . Be prepared to have your assumptions challenged and âthe doors of perception cleansedâ as you read and explore the possibilities in Flights of the Soul.â
â Belinda Gore
President, Cuyamungue Institute
âConsiders topics that will be appealing and useful to students of the psychology of religion.â
â Mary Anne Siderits
Marquette University
âNobody has done more than John Pilch to relate anthropological research on alternate states of consciousness to New Testament studies. His Flights of the Soul is a benchmark in this area.â
â Pieter F. Craffert
University of South Africa, Pretoria
â Belinda Gore
President, Cuyamungue Institute
âConsiders topics that will be appealing and useful to students of the psychology of religion.â
â Mary Anne Siderits
Marquette University
âNobody has done more than John Pilch to relate anthropological research on alternate states of consciousness to New Testament studies. His Flights of the Soul is a benchmark in this area.â
â Pieter F. Craffert
University of South Africa, Pretoria