Reasons for Involving the Notion of God when Theorizing about Consciousness

Author: Shanon, Benny¹

Source: Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 15, Number 8, 2008 , pp. 102-109(8)

Publisher: Imprint Academic

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Abstract:

This note presents a typology of reasons for involving the notion of God in theoretical discussions of human consciousness. These reasons have to do with points of connection, commonality, analogy and affinity between the notions of God and of consciousness, with phenomenological patterns manifested in human conscious experience (in particular, ones encountered in non-ordinary states of mind), and with theoretical and meta-theoretical considerations.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Dept of Psychology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel., Email: msshanon@mscc.huji.ac.il

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