{"product_id":"west-of-jesus-surfing-science-and-the-origins-of-belief","title":"West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief","description":"A spiritual and scientific surf quest.\n\nAfter spending two years in bed with Lyme disease, Steven Kotler had lost everything: his health, his job, his girl, and, he was beginning to suspect, his mind. Kotler, not a religious man, suddenly found himself drawn to the sport of surfing as if it were the cornerstone of a new faith. Why, he wondered, when there was nothing left to believe in, could he begin to believe in something as unlikely as surfing. What was belief anyway? How did it work in the body, the brain, our culture, and human history?\n\nInto this mix came a strange story. In 2003, on a surf trip through Mexico, Kotler heard of \"the conductor,\" a mythical surfer who could control the weather. He'd heard this same tale eight years earlier, in Indonesia, but this time something clicked. With the help of everyone from rebel surfers to rocket scientists, Kotler undertakes a three year globetrotting quest for the origins of this legend. The results are a startling mix of big waves and bigger ideas: a surfer's journey into the biological underpinnings of belief itself.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1596910518\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1596910518.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kotler, Steven\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505090535482,"sku":"DBV.1596910518.G","price":5.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1596910518-0.jpg?v=1783147020","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/west-of-jesus-surfing-science-and-the-origins-of-belief","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}