International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Ravindra Ranasinha PhD, Agnes Seng Sam
This paper explores the Burmese Nat Pwe—a ritual festival of spirit embodiment and communal catharsis—as a culturally grounded framework for understanding healing within dramatherapy. Drawing on autoethnographic data from fifteen Burmese drama therapy trainees at the Academy of Care (Goethe-Institut, Myanmar), the study examines how ritual performance enacts therapeutic processes of embodiment,...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Lydiah Were, Stephen Ngari Ndegwa, Rose Otieno
Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) face considerable psychosocial challenges that increase their vulnerability to anxiety. HIV-related stigma, disclosure concerns, treatment demands, uncertainty regarding future relationships, and fear of social exclusion contribute significantly to psychological distress. Despite advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART), anxiety remains a major challenge...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
I Wayan Nerta, Ida Bagus Putu Adnyana, Agus Budiarte
This qualitative study, employing a library research design, aims to examine the ontological essence and soteriological dimensions of the teachings of Ṣaḍaṅga Yoga in the Vrhaspati Tattwa and to explore their relevance to the dynamics of the contemporary Hindu religious tradition in Bali. The study is motivated by the growing functional reduction of yoga, which is increasingly perceived merely...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Julius Nzambu Kuti, Stephen Asatsa, Wambua Pius M (PhD)
Background: Occult beliefs, including beliefs in witchcraft, supernatural forces, divination, and mystical practices, remain significant components of many cultural belief systems and may influence adolescents’ perceptions, experiences, and psychological functioning. Despite increasing interest in supernatural beliefs globally, limited empirical attention has been given to the prevalence of...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Elias Rubenstein
Recent psychedelic research has shown that compounds such as psilocybin, DMT, ayahuasca, and 5-MeO-DMT can induce acute altered states involving self-dissolution, altered reality-status, and heightened meaning attribution. Historical and cross-cultural evidence likewise suggests that nonordinary states have often been embedded within ritual, initiation, contemplative discipline, and structured...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Wynand Goosen
The idea that Earth functions as a “prison planet” governed by hostile or parasitic intelligences, often framed in contemporary esotericism as Archons harvesting human emotional energy (“loosh”) through cycles of reincarnation, has become increasingly prominent in modern metaphysical and digital spiritual cultures. This article offers an academic, investigative analysis of this worldview,...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Shahrudin Zakaria, Norazlina Abd Razak, Ahmad Zubir Jamil et al.
This paper addresses an important gap at the intersection of cognitive science, perception studies, and artificial intelligence: how systems can bridge the divide between visual input and embodied subjective experience. While visual consciousness remains a hard problem, this article attempts to address one tiny piece of the difficulty. This study proposes a conceptual framework where...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Wynand Goosen
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved from a specialised field of computing into a vital part of how we generate knowledge, make decisions, and address ethical issues (OpenAI 2025). As these developments occur rapidly, progress in self-reflective and adaptive AI has amplified debates about whether machines can have consciousness in business, science, and academia. To provide clarity on...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Zaifuddin Md Rasip, Abd Rahman Tajudin, Earnie Elmie Hilmi et al.
This study examines the concept of Insān al-Kāmil in the thought of Ibn ʿArabī as an epistemological framework for understanding human intelligence, with particular reference to al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyyah. While modern theories of intelligence, such as Intelligence Quotient (IQ), Emotional Quotient (EQ), and Spiritual Quotient (SQ), have progressively expanded the scope of human cognition, they...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Wai Pon La, Thanigaivelan Shanmugam
Based on the Noble Eightfold Path (Ariya Aṭṭhaṅgika Magga), this study explores moral consciousness using the Buddhist paradigm of wholesome (kusala) and unwholesome (akusala) states. The Noble Eightfold Path provides a comprehensive method of ethical, mental, and intellectual expansion through eight factors: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Nareshkumar Madhubhai Mahakal
The contemporary world, despite remarkable scientific and technological advancement, continues to face serious challenges such as war, violence, terrorism, hatred, intolerance, cultural polarization, identity-based conflicts, and social divisions. Therefore, the question of world peace is not merely a political, military, or diplomatic issue; it also requires examination from the perspectives...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Odoja Asogwa, Uchechukwu Charles Onyishi
In the pre-Christian Igbo, masquerades were a common conscience of the communities where they existed, and the most public of all arts. Their successful performances brought prestige and their failure a total disgrace to the groups or communities that own them. Several means that included procurement and use of medicines were devised to ensure their successes in performances. The common belief...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2026
Dhanuskodi Brindha, Anantharaman Seethalakshmy, Saravanan Gunavel et al.
The present study examined the changes in mindful technology use and digital well-being following a four-week Vipassana meditation training program among college students. A pretest and posttest case study design was used with one male and one female college student from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Participants spent more than five hours a day using digital devices and reported mild digital...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
December 25, 2025
Noor-A-Jannath Tania, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Snehangshu Shekhar Chanda et al.
The Waves is Virginia Woolf’s most experimental work and one of the most accessible novels written by any modernist novelist. Stated fully in soliloquies The Waves (1931) is well-known as one of the hardest novels of Virginia Woolf. Woolf’s creations require a deep concentration as they are not plain narratives. The profoundness of her narrative and the keenness of her descriptions simply blow...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
September 18, 2025
Wei Li, Norris Syed Abdullah
The expansion of the global economy has improved living standards but has also brought significant ecological and social challenges, highlighting a notable gap between consumer ethical concerns and actual purchasing behaviours. Although awareness of ethical issues has increased, traditional factors such as price and quality still largely dominate consumer decisions, limiting the translation of...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
September 9, 2025
Chau van Ninh
Currently, meditation in general and insight meditation (Vipassana) in particular is one of the very effective methods to help people find inner peace and stability in an unpredictable world. Due to this, they can see the meaning of life, letting go of ignorance to achieve the ultimate goal of liberating themselves from worldly suffering. Therefore, introducing insight meditation and its value...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
May 13, 2025
B. Bantugan
This paper describes how the qualitative mindset is fostered by and fosters the phenomenology research approach. A systematic literature review deepened researchers’ understanding of phenomenology by clarifying its conceptual foundations, identifying thematic trends through deductive thematic analysis, and evaluating methodological approaches. It highlights the contributions of Husserl,...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2025
Dorji Phuntsho
Buddhist malas, often known as prayer beads or japamala in Sanskrit, are important spiritual tools in different Buddhist traditions. They are sacred object used to support meditation, mantra recitation, and growing mindfulness. Malas have their roots in ancient Indian spiritual practices. They were first linked to Hindu rituals before being adopted into Buddhist disciplines. Over time, they...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
2025
Kufre B. Usen, A. P. Etuk, James R. Sunday et al.
This paper is a systematic review of studies which aimed at improving mental health outcomes through meditation-based therapy. Specifically, this review sought to synthesize current evidences on the effect of meditation-based interventions on various mental states capable of confronting pregnant women, such as depression, anxiety, Stress, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other mental...