And at this juncture, I would like to recommend for anyone who has an hour to listen to the Weird Studies podcast from 24 April, Jeffrey J. Kripal on ‘Flipping’ out of Materialism, which addresses more directly and more fundamentally than most of us might expect one of the the most basic points of this entire discussion.
Tip o’ the chapeau to @Michael_Stumpf for turning me on to this one … really one of their best talks that I’ve heard to date.