Several scientists still equate scientific materialism with science itself. According to the scientific materialist ideology, everything is composed of collections of material particles, and all that we experience—including our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, intentions, sense of self, and spiritual insights—results from firing neurons in our brains.

These scientists seem oblivious to the fact that scientific materialism is only rooted in beliefs without proof. Like fundamentalists, the most zealous of them attempt to convert fellow scientists and laypeople, spreading their ideology across all sectors of society. Clinking to the limited view that the physical world is the only reality, these materialist scientists reject a priori evidences that challenge their creed. In BRAIN WARS, acclaimed neuroscientist Mario Beauregard carefully examines such evidence. He reviews scientific studies indicating that our thoughts, beliefs and emotions influence what is happening in our brains and bodies and play a key role in our health and well-being. Dr. Beauregard also presents evidence showing that our minds can sometimes affect events occurring outside the confines of our bodies, and receive meaningful information without the use of ordinary senses in ways that transcend the habitual space and time constraints. Furthermore, he examines studies suggesting that we can have veridical perceptions—corroborated by independent witnesses—during out-of-body experiences triggered by a cardiac arrest, and that we can have access consciously to other realms of reality, even when the brain is apparently not functioning.