I appreciate reading this review of Dr. Taylor's book. I have not read it yet, but was impressed with her talk which is circulating on the Web. Of course, I found her right brain, "new-agey" experiences encouraging and far from nonsense. But, that's my world view. It doesn't have any more credence than someone else's.
I think it is important that we recognize that Taylor's experience was her experience. Other people's experiences are no doubt different. To call her a fraud, I think, is discounting what she may have actually experienced. I have not had a stroke, but my wife has. Her experiences were not the same as Dr. Taylor's. I am sure they are not the same as anyone else's, either. They are certainly different from those Dr. Taylor discusses. Yet, they are real; they are valid. They are hers. Just as I have no reason to believe Taylor's experiences were anything but real, valid and hers. One may like the book, or not; one may agree with her conclusions or not. We do not have the right, or the knowledge, to say that the experiences she described, and the lesssons she learned, were false or fraudulent. They just may not be ours.