The Shaman, the Vision and the Brain:
The Human Anatomy of the Gods
Dr David Luke
£5 in advance
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden,
London.
27th May, 2008 (Tuesday) - 7.15 for 7.30 pm start
Tonight Dr David Luke looks at the way current neuroscience understands
people’s experiences of visionary encounters with discarnate beings. In
all times and places people have had profoundly real experiences of
deities, demons, angels, elves, aliens, and ghosts. Often these occur
when a person is in altered state – dreaming, on drugs, or is near death.
The connection between the altered state and the ‘visitation’ is
explored in a vivid illustrated talk, which takes a tour through
folklore, myth, neurochemistry, magic, shamanism, the Luciferian witch
cult, brain anatomy, the pineal gland, the Reg Veda, psychoactive toads
and a cauldron full of other odd ingredients. A lively slide lecture
format followed by discussion.
Dr David Luke is a popular returning speaker at Treadwell’s. He
recently completed his PhD at the Centre for the Study of Anomalous
Psychological Processes at the University of Northampton, where he is
also an occasional visiting lecturer. Northampton is the nation’s most
important centre for scholars of parapsychology.