Tanya Luhrmann - How Social Worlds Shape Our Minds

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 (podcast.mindandlife.org/tanya-luhrmann)