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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Theory
6. Chapter 1: The role of absorption in various religious phenomena 7
7. Chapter 2: Language and the mind 21
8. Chapter 3: Mystical experience 47
9. Chapter 4: Religion as memory 64
10. Chapter 5: Psychological trauma and mystical experience 75
11. Part II: Extreme behaviours
12. Introduction 85
13. Chapter 6: Rites related to hierarchy 86
14. Chapter 7: Asceticism 108
15. Chapter 8: The Buddhist noble truths: Are they true? 140
16. General conclusions 167
17. Bibliography 170
18. Abbreviations 203
19. Index 204