International Journal of Advanced Research
May 31, 2026
Elizabeth Okon John, Patrick O. Odey, Joseph Okuta Ajor
Africana Indigenous Religions (AIRs) perceive nature as a living, sacred entity, and this worldview shapes environmental ethics and practices such as ecological stewardship, biodiversity preservation, and sustainable resource use. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews with traditional custodians, and analysis of oral traditions and rituals, the study shows how spiritual beliefs, cosmological narratives, and rituals influence human relationships with land, water, animals, and plants. Grounded in Deep Ecology and Indigenous Epistemology, the research argues that AIRs offer viable alternatives to extractive development, emphasizing the need to integrate spiritual and cultural values into environmental policy and sustainability efforts.
International Journal of Advanced Research
March 31, 2026
Dr. Yakshita Bhatt, Deepansha Gautam
Spiritual music within the Brahma Kumaris organization functions as a tool for inner development and quality-of-life improvement, awakening consciousness and enhancing well-being at mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. The music is described not merely as sound but as a means to foster personal growth, mental peace, and moral values.
International Journal of Advanced Research
February 28, 2026
Akanksha Rai, Shiv Govind Puri
Mamang Dai's literary work 'The Legends of Pensam' navigates the space between tradition and modernity in indigenous Adi communities of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Rather than choosing between Western historiography and indigenous orality, the narrator operates in a state of Narrative Double Consciousness. Dai employs three tactics to re-script indigenous memory: language oscillation, narrative double-consciousness, and temporal hybridity. Her work moves between the sincerity of ancestors and the broken reality of a globalized world, differing from postmodern irony and modernist totalization. Through recurring natural imagery, she captures the spiritual connection between land and people, highlighting storytelling's role in preserving culture amid changing times.
International Journal of Advanced Research
October 31, 2025
Sagar Sanjeev Dua, Yasmine Busaibe, Eric Wang et al.
A 27-year-old man with no prior psychiatric history developed escalating nitrous oxide use after his cousin's suicide, driven by compulsive urges despite worsening psychiatric symptoms. With his wedding two weeks away, rapid treatment combined ketamine infusion, dextromethorphan-bupropion (Auvelity), and naltrexone for craving. At follow-up, he reported abstinence from nitrous oxide, reduced irritability, and symptom improvement. The case illustrates how NMDA receptor antagonists like ketamine and nitrous oxide overlap in their effects, suggesting that clinically supervised interventions can replace maladaptive self-medication with nitrous oxide.
International Journal of Advanced Research
January 31, 2022
Ashish Ubhale, Swati Raje
A brief daily mindfulness meditation practice—10 minutes of Anapanasati meditation, five days a week for four weeks—significantly reduced depression, anxiety, and stress in participants. After the intervention, the number of people without these symptoms increased markedly. The findings suggest that even a short daily meditation session can positively lower the intensity of depression, anxiety, and stress.