Tanya Luhrmann - How Social Worlds Shape Our Minds
Tanya Luhrmann - How Social Worlds Shape Our Minds  
Podcast: Mind & Life
Published On: Wed Jul 08 2020
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. Full show notes and resources