Symposium Information
The innaugural Neurospirituality Symposium will be held on Friday, February 28th, 2025, from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM at the Mass General Brigham Assembly Row headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts. An after-symposium reception will be held immediately following the closing keynote address.
The event is hosted and organized by Dr. Michael Ferguson, PhD, Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Neurospirituality Lab at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, with generous support from the Center for Emergence.
Three main topical categories will be addressed at the symposium:
- Prayer science
- Empirical studies about the effects of prayer on behavior, physiology, psychology, or spirituality, exploring its impact through scientific methods.
- Mystical-type experiences
- Studies relating to spiritual experiences and insights gained through the use of psychedelic substances, often involving altered states of consciousness, profound personal revelations, and a sense of connection to nature, humanity as a whole, or the divine.
- Spiritual therapeutics
- Studies that explore belief in miracles, or which use of spiritual practices and beliefs, such as meditation, prayer, sacraments, blessings, or other rituals to promote emotional, mental, and physical well-being in a therapeutic context.
Registration for the symposium is open here. Virtual symposium attendance will also be available with pre-registration available at the same link.
If you have questions or if you would like to be a Neurospirituality Symposium sponsor, please email Michael Ferguson at michael@neurospirituality.io.
Venue Description
The MGB (Mass General Brigham) Assembly Row headquarters is an exceptional place to congregate, connect, and learn. Located in Somerville, Massachusetts, directly adjacent to a train stop on the Boston Orange Line, the venue boasts state of the art conference rooms and exquisitely-designed social hubs in one of the most vibrant up-and-coming neighborhoods in the Boston metropolitan area.
