Awe

All in on awe and this book. At first I was a bit hesitative as the author is a hippie-offspring from California hiking Joshua Tree and trying ayahuasca, using his brother's death as a red string throughout the book, but, in the end, I loved it.

The chills, the tingles, the amazement, that causes our body to release oxytocin and dopamine, that causes us to be open, to connect, to explore. Biology wants us to be amazed by the vastness and beauty of life, in order to be better humans.

He structures awe experiences into 8 main groups:

• moral beauty


• collective effervescence


• nature


• religious experiences


• art


• music


• birth


• death