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Tanya Luhrmann - How Social Worlds Shape Our Minds
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Jul 8, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, Wendy speaks with anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann about how practices embedded in social realities change our minds and our experiences. They discuss:
her research on unusual spiritual experiences (voices, visions);
her work with magic practitioners and evangelical Christian communities;
the boundary between reality and imagination;
local theory of mind;
the psychological constructs of absorption and porosity, and how they relate to these spiritual experiences;
how mental training and mindfulness affect the way we relate to our thoughts;
the impacts of a relationship with the divine for self and society, and other topics.
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Released:
Jul 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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