Product Description
by Gote Nyman (Author)
Three parallel pilgrimages, the physical, the spiritual, and the immobile join in the book. The compelling autobiographical adventure tells about the engaging perceptions of a scientist, coming from the non-Catholic world, Finland, and facing the compelling calls and religious practices of the ancient traditions on the Camino of Santiago de Compostela. With its exceptional views of a perception and brain scientist it transcends the academic and rests on the personal curiosity, joys, and the serious tests of life and death. The honest and gentle voice takes the reader to the worlds where the Camino and a man of science meet. A new window is opened to the perceptual psychologies of the sacred and the visible puzzles of everyday life. The academia as the author knows it is contrasted with the observations on the life in Galicia. With its original perception-philosophical touch the book is no doubt a distant cousin to the author's favorite book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig. Knowing this relationship it may not be a surprise that the story is not about walking.
Author Biography
Dr. Göte Nyman, born 1947 in Helsinki, Finland is a professor of psychology with a background in numerous fields of human sciences extending from brain and perception, vision and communication research to human technology and media. He has an extensive university management history as the Dean and Head of the Department of Psychology at University of Helsinki. His favorite society is Finnish Pattern Recognition Society (Hatutus) where he has been a member since its foundation. He continues his work on perception science and r&d and currently also works with the Peace Innovation Laboratory team at Stanford University. Göte has published about 200 scientific writings and articles and four books together with his colleagues. Outside the academia, in the real world, he has always been engaged with computers, guitar music and sports. His blog "gotepoem" is at http: //gotepoem.wordpress.com/.
