1. The Relationship between Spirituality and the Limbic System
It controls the desire to eat, drink, attack, or engage in sex, with sexuality and pleasure as its utmost concern (Joseph 112). ... Furthermore, stimulation of the amygdala and temporal lobe often results in emotions of extreme peace and clairvoyance (Joseph 113). ... The earliest and most common of these "religious symbols" is the sign of the cross, the earliest of which is estimated to be 60,000 - 100,000 years old. Throughout history and regardless of culture, the cross has consistently held tremendous spiritual significance, having appeared in a mystical context among the "Aztecs, Mayans...
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