This chapter examines how sexual stimulation influences spiritual experiences through the lens of neurotheology. It highlights the complex relationship between sexuality and spirituality, revealing both their enriching and complicating effects on human life.
"You heretics!" That's probably what you'd say if we told you that sexual pleasure gave birth to religion. Sex and god? They're like oil and water, non-overlapping magisteria. But in a bold new book called "Sex, God, and the Brain," researcher and physician Andrew Newberg shows that the underlying biological mechanisms of spiritual and sexual experiences are identical.
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