The God Spot Revisited: Spirituality as Evolved Brain Function

“Religion could not have evolved and could not have affected the lives of the majority of the world's human inhabitants if it had not helped them to solve the problems of surviving adversity and of raising children successfully who could propagate their supernatural belief systems after they had died. So it makes sense that the brain might be specialized for religious experiences. Indeed, an evolutionary perspective on religion implies that humans are inherently susceptible to religious views. This view is bolstered by evidence that spiritual experiences (including religious experiences) have a neural basis. Although there is no single "God spot" in the brain, feelings of self-transcendence are associated with reduced electrical activity in the right parietal lobe, a structure located above the right ear.”  Read article