Second, the most popular review of her book states points out that while her theory is interesting and well presented in the actual scientific paper it was published, the book has misleading claims and strawman “classical neuropsychology”. While I did not read the book yet, the reviewer posted several links and resources to support his position: In this book, he first outlines the current state of the world and the need for a change, coined 'choose your own apocalypse, he then hands you the manual to assessing peak states, the 'alchemists cookbook' and finally offers ways in which we can build communities around access to these states in a healthy and open way, 'ethical cult building'. But exactly when “the end of the age” will be is a big unknown. In Matthew 24:36, Jesus tells his disciples that no one, other than the Father, knows when that end will occur. Not even the angels in heaven, or even the Son. And, in Acts 1:7, in response to his disciple’s question about the establishment of the kingdom, Jesus says that it is not for them to know the when. The end will come in the Father’s time, and he has not chosen to share that with us. It contains some of the most interesting findings in the fields of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality from the past century.

The way forward, argues Wheal...is to rediscover and reinvent our humanity in radical ways that places community, respect for ourselves, the planet and the human species at the center of our strategy for survival; and it’s a strategy that can work for everyone." This is a book on the biggest sort of thinking -- from personal to societal -- written by an author with an eye for what matters, an ear for story and a mind for the sublime." — David Eagleman, Neuroscientist at Stanford, New York Times bestselling author of Livewired and Incognito, and host of PBS The Brain On the flip-side, the alt-right doesn’t want to tear down the West,” writes Jamie. “They foolishly glorify it. Powering up their fever-dream Aryan patriarchy one semi-ironic Reddit post at a time. #becuzaristotle and #becuzscience.” Rapture is not a word that is found in Scripture. But it is used to describe a very biblical doctrine; the return of Christ and the gathering up of his elect. This doctrine is central to the hope that we have as believers.The fact that he expects to see and measure the same behavior humans have in the animal kingdom, 1-1, shows ignorance or a fortunate omission. The book gives one a good round through of the new Big 5, with hints at what works - how and why. Things one can try, providing a pallet where there is something for everyone, regardless of budget.

To recap: A viable candidate for Meaning 3.0 will need to fulfill the pro-social functions of traditional 1.0 Faith—Inspiration, Healing, and Connection. And, to stand a chance of helping the world, it needs to fulfill the inclusive promise of 2.0 Modernism, and be Open Source, Scalable, and Anti-fragile. PDF / EPUB File Name: Recapture_the_Rapture_Rethinking_God_Sex_and_Death_In_a_World_Thats_Lost_Its_Mind_-_Jamie_Wheal.pdf, Recapture_the_Rapture_Rethinking_God_Sex_and_Death_In_a_World_Thats_Lost_Its_Mind_-_Jamie_Wheal.epub Full Book Name: Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That’s Lost its MindMeaning 2.0: Classical liberalism and secularism. The idea was that markets, democracy, and civil rights would bring us into a world where everyone is entitled to a fair shot at the good life. Organized religion (Meaning 1.0) used to provide us with faith and comfort, but was largely founded on the elitist idea that only those who believed were saved. Modern liberalism (Meaning 2.0) is the antithesis to the thesis, the belief that everyone, everywhere through democracy, free markets and civil rights can experience the salvation of the thesis. Hierarchy and equality. But both alone cannot usher us through to the coming world and because both Meaning 1.0 and 2.0 have failed (when taken alone, meaning 1.0 results in fundamentalism and meaning 2.0 results in global inequality and nihilism) we’re being swarmed with Rapture Ideologies, ideologies that share four key beliefs: the world is broken, there will be an inflection point in the near future, everyone we value will be saved, and we need to get there as fast as possible. Recapture the Rapture is both a hymnal and an operations manual for the party at the end of the world-as-we-know-it. The cure for spiritual bypassing and conspirituality is not more mindfulness, it seems, but a redemptive and mutant religiosity that dives into the deep end of our contemporary catastrophe." — Erik Davis, author, High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the 70s While I agree that one can experience the dissolution of the ego, trauma healing, or other benefits from psychedelics, it’s not all rainbows and butterflies. What is true from those visions, and what is a hallucination?