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Biochemistry and theistic mysticism

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  1. Aldous Huxley,The Doors of Perception (New York, 1954), pp. 21–22.

  2. James W. Cornman and Keith Lehrer,Philosophical Problems and Arguments, 2nd edition (New York, 1974), p. 344.

  3. Huston Smith, “Do Drugs Have Religious Import?”The Journal of Philosophy (1964), p. 523.

  4. Ibid. Huston Smith, “Do Drugs Have Religious Import?”The Journal of Philosophy (1964), Cf. Zaehner’sMysticism, Sacred and Profane (New York, 1961), p. 12, and also Chapter 3 of hisDrugs, Mysticism, and Make-Believe (London, 1972) for a critique of the view that “drug-experiences” are authentically religious.

  5. Cornman and Lehrer,loc. cit. James W. Cornman and Keith Lehrer,Philosophical Problems and Arguments, 2nd edition (New York, 1974), p. 344.

  6. George I. Mavrodes,Belief in God (New York, 1970), p. 53.

  7. Ibid. George I. Mavrodes,Belief in God (New York, 1970), p. 53.

  8. Cf. Carl Ginet, “Can the Will be Caused?”The Philosophical Review (1962), pp. 49–55 for a most interesting treatment of this question.

  9. Robert Merrihew Adams, “Must God Create the Best?”The Philosophical Review (1972), p. 324.

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Oakes, R.A. Biochemistry and theistic mysticism. SOPH 15, 10–16 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02798899

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