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July 1, 2026
Marjorie Woollacott, Joan Walton, Laurel Waterman
The educational system in most cultures today uses the materialist or reductionist worldview as its basis for generating and sharing knowledge. This worldview understands materiality as a fundamental characteristic of the universe, with subatomic particles being the foundation of reality, and consciousness being solely a product of brain activity. In this article, we propose that an alternative...
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April 30, 2026
Gustavo Cia, Alejandro Parra
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are lucid events that some people have suddenly experienced in the face of imminent death. Often having been declared clinically dead, they recover with memories of emotions, images, or voices after a resuscitation process. The purpose of this study is to examine an Argentine sample of NDEs and compare individuals who experienced various NDE traits that occurred...
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April 14, 2026
Radek Trnka, Arnost Krtek, Radmila Lorencova
• Power animal journeying fosters uncovering hidden inner resources in psychotherapy. • It enhances self-understanding, emotional processing, and meaning-making. • It may deepen the therapeutic alliance between client and psychotherapist. • Power animal journeying requires proper integration of the experiences in the client. • It is risky for clients with psychotic disorder, paranoid...
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April 1, 2026
Timothy Chen, Varsha Ganesh, Bruriah Horowitz et al.
BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to explore ways in which interpersonal mindfulness and other foundations of healing are manifested during the TCM encounter and how they may affect the practitioner-patient relationship and support health equity and quality of life. METHODS US-based TCM practitioners with the following licenses-L.Ac., O.M., C.H.,-were recruited to participate in a 45-min...
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August 1, 2022
Jingni Ma, Dongrong Zhao, Naihong Xu et al.
OBJECTIVE In recent years, digital techniques, such as virtual reality (VR) has been employed in tandem with more traditional psychological interventions. The aim of this study is to investigate whether VR-based mindfulness training can improve mental health outcomes, and notably mindfulness levels amongst adults. In addition, this review seeks to summarise the various designed VR scenarios, as...
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March 19, 2020
Marjorie Woollacott, Bettina Peyton
21 citations
Research exploring the nature of near-death experiences (NDEs) is extensive. There are a variety of hypothesized mechanisms proposed to explain the origin of the experiences, including hallucinations due to physiological changes in a dying brain. However, there is growing evidence that these theories cannot explain a number of the characteristics of NDEs. In this article we present a detailed...
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October 24, 2018
S. Schwartz
3 citations
"Most discussions of religion center on dogmas and beliefs, either of a particular religion or a comparison across denomina- tions. I would like to look at religion from the perspective of a consciousness experimentalist, setting aside the dogmas and beliefs. When I look at religion, any religion, as an experimentalist, what I see is a cohort of people consensually holding a world- view. The...