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Proof of Spiritual Phenomena

A Neuroscientist's Discovery of the Ineffable Mysteries of the Universe
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Neuroscientist Mona Sobhani, Ph.D., chronicles her transformation from a staunch materialist to an open-minded spiritual seeker in Proof of Spiritual Phenomena. She presents extensive research featuring sophisticated experiments and meta-analyses that provide compelling evidence for psi phenomena, including past lives, intuitive knowing, and other spiritual experiences. The book delves into discussions with scientific peers and government officials, alongside explorations of psychology, quantum physics, neuroscience, philosophy, and esoteric texts. Ultimately, Sobhani challenges the foundational principles of scientific materialism, suggesting a participatory and meaningful Universe beyond current scientific paradigms.
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Ideal for readers interested in the intersection of science and spirituality, those curious about psi phenomena, and anyone open to exploring evidence that challenges conventional scientific materialism. Suitable for both scientific thinkers and spiritual seekers seeking a deeper understanding of consciousness and the Universe.

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The author shares extensive research on past lives, karma, and the complex interactions of mind and matter, detailing her transformation from diehard materialist to open-minded spiritual seeker.

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Shares data and meta-analysis from a large volume of extremely sophisticated experiments that provide proof for the existence of psi phenomena.

Explores evidence of past lives, intuitive knowing, and other spiritual phenomena.

Reveals the author’s own inexplicable experiences as well as her conversations with scientific colleagues, high-level experts, and government officials.

Neuroscientist Mona Sobhani, Ph.D., details her transformation from diehard materialist to open-minded spiritual seeker and shares the extensive research she discovered on past lives, karma, and the complex interactions of mind and matter. She reveals her conversations about spirituality, consciousness, and anomalous occurrences with scientific colleagues as well as high-level experts and government officials, as she searched for proof of a meaningful cosmos.

She discovered that psi research has been conducted on a grand scale for more than a century—by hundreds of scientists with hundreds of thousands of participants—and that there exists substantial evidence for the reality of psi. She examines meta-analyses of these experiments, such as that of the Ganzfield tests, which showed the odds against chance of 12 billion to 1—throwing our current scientific materialist paradigm into question.

Providing a deep dive into the literature of psychology, quantum physics, neuroscience, philosophy, and esoteric texts, Sobhani also explores the relationship between psi phenomena, the transcendence of space and time, and spirituality. Culminating with the author’s serious reckoning with one of the foundational principles of neuroscience—scientific materialism—this illuminating book shows that the mysteries of human experience go far beyond what the present scientific paradigm can comprehend and leaves open the possibility of a participatory, meaningful Universe.

Proof of Spiritual Phenomena by Mona Sobhani offers an intriguing exploration into the science and mysticism of human experiences that challenge conventional understandings.

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Mark Gober, author and podcast host, praises the book for combining personal narrative with credible scientific evidence, highlighting its call for a new scientific meta-paradigm with courage and intellectual honesty. Reviewers appreciate Sobhani's leadership among neuroscientists moving from materialist to post-materialist perspectives, recognising her insightful and vulnerable approach to explaining human experience beyond conventional science.

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ISBN: 9781644114995

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 September 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Park Street Press,U.S.

Illustration: 18 b&w illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 420g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Mona Sobhani, Ph.D., is a cognitive neuroscientist who holds a doctorate from the University of Southern California and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University with the MacArthur Foundation Law and Neuroscience Project. A former research scientist at the University of Southern California, she also was a scholar with the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics, and her work has been featured in the New York Times, VOX, and other media outlets. She lives in Los Angeles.

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