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Interlude XVII - Endogenous Opioids & The Biochemistry of Meaning
Before temples were built of stone, the body already knew how to worship.
In this episode, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of CrowsCupboard.com explores how the brain’s own narcotic chemistry - endorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins - shapes the experience of love, faith, music, and transcendence.
Drawing on the work of Candace Pert (1973), who first identified the brain’s opiate receptors, Jaak Panksepp (1998), who revealed the primal circuits of care and play, and Björn Lindström (2015), whose studies of synchronized movement uncovered the opioid basis of social bonding, Dr. Rey guides listeners…
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