Опыт запредельного. Религии мира

Evgeny Aleksandrovich Torchinov is a famous sinologist and Buddhist scholar, historian of philosophy and culture of China. Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies of the East, laureate of the St. Petersburg Philosophical Society “Second Navigation” prize for the book “Introduction to Buddhism.”
The book “Experience of the Beyond” was first published in 1997 and immediately became a scientific bestseller. The book examines in detail the various types of religious experience, as well as the connections of religion with other forms of spiritual culture: mythology, philosophy and science. The reader learns about such exotic manifestations of religious consciousness as shamanic psychotechnics and mystery cults of the ancient Mediterranean; will read about a variety of practices in Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism and other religions of the East and West.