Microbial Muses: Threads of Our Inner Wisdom

Susan E. Erdman
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Susan E. Erdman: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Challenges, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-4

Abstract: Spiritual journeys unveil our inner wisdom to help us navigate traumatic life events. Scientific evidence implicates a gut–immune–brain axis in our sense of self, raising the possibility that our microbial partners and hormone oxytocin offer a sense of connectedness and liberate our ancestral archives to sustain us during challenging times.

Keywords: microbiome; oxytocin; microRNA; meditation; inner wisdom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 C00 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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