# Tanya Luhrmann - How Social Worlds Shape Our Minds

An episode of [Mind & Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504112670), 8 Jul 2020, 56 min.

Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/l38208/TanyaLuhrmann_070620_FINAL.mp3

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

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