Conversations Beyond Science and Religion The Logical Path to Spirituality

Published: Oct. 19, 2015, 4 a.m.

We are taught that one reaches spiritual truths through revelation, meditation, the contemplation of the divine, and soul-raising experiences.\xa0 Logic, on the other hand, involves rigorous, step-by-step thinking. Right brain vs. left brain.\xa0 Reason vs. emotion.\xa0 Logic is for science, not for spirituality.\xa0 But might there be a logical path to spirituality?\xa0 Is there a way to use reason to discover the old truths of spirituality, perhaps even the notion that we are One? On this ground-breaking show, Philip, using themes from this book, The Collapse of Materialism: Visions of Science, Dreams of God,\xa0 discusses how logic can in fact lead us to a spiritual world.