Sci­en­tists tend to resist any attempt to infuse their work with spir­i­tu­al val­ues. They are fear­ful, right­ly so, of dilut­ing a suc­cess­ful knowl­edge-gen­er­at­ing method­ol­o­gy with “mys­ti­cism.” With cre­ation­ists, pseu­do­sci­en­tists and New Agers storm­ing the gates, intent on bring­ing down the walls, who can blame sci­en­tists for jeal­ous­ly main­tain­ing their aloof­ness from “spir­i­tu­al­i­ty.”