Shamanism

Argues that mental alchemy is a systematic science of consciousness transformation rooted in the Hermetic tradition, drawing on The Hermetic Code by Ajarn Shaman Shu.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that Easterine Kire's novels employ shamanic spirituality and oral traditions to delink indigenous Naga eco-epistemology from colonial legacies, highlighting the marginalization of peripheral epistemologies.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Indigenous environmental knowledge in Kerala's sacred groves is motivated by reverential eco-fear and emerges from encounters between humans, forest spirits, multi-faith communities, and local Tantric experts.

mixed methods (textual analysis, oral exegesis, anthropological fieldwork)

Argues that folk shamanic rituals in Tales of Hulan River embody a mechanism of survival resilience across material, spiritual, and cultural dimensions, which has been overlooked in prior scholarship.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that initiated insider scholarship yields unique access to ritual subtleties and pedagogical nuance often elided in conventional etic studies.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that an emic-experiential articulation of Shiva consciousness can engage in critical conversation with classical Śaiva theology and contemporary science without collapsing one into the other, and proposes a 'Spiritual Reparations Paradigm' for comparative religion.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Proposes that across multiple spiritual traditions, entheogenic practice shares convergent ritual structures, phenomenological motifs, and an ethical-pedagogical framework linking such practice to social responsibility, ecological reciprocity, and lineage integrity.

cross-initiatory inquiry combining emic autoethnography with textual-historical and comparative analysis

Argues that ancient breath mastery techniques converge with modern models such as polyvagal theory, neurovisceral integration, and resonance breathing, while emphasizing the need for ethical transmission, cultural integrity, and trauma-informed adaptations.

initiated insider autoethnography triangulated with critical engagement of empirical neuroscience and historical textual sources

Proposes that effective Kriya centers on guided antakarana alignment, cyclical pranayama-bandha work, and psycho-spiritual initiation as core features of energy-body activation.

emic autoethnography integrated with textual-historical analysis

Argues that Patañjali's yoga system can be coherently interpreted through a Dravidian-Tamil Siddha lens and shares structural affinities with African initiatory pedagogies, and proposes a 'spiritual reparations paradigm' for ethical cross-cultural practice.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that engagement with Osain functions as a mechanism for cultural preservation, social cohesion, and spiritual reparations for descendants of the African diaspora.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Argues that the Corpus Hermeticum's Nous functionally performs roles parallel to Kemetic theological conceptions of a creative and regulating divinity, and that a lineage of mediated transmission accounts for the Hermetic imprint on Western esotericism.

interpretive translation and commentary with emic autoethnography and textual-historical analysis

A four-part typology of healing and a Three-Pillar theoretical framework emerge from participant-observation across more than 300 psilocybin ceremonies conducted within the African initiatory tradition.

ethnographic study with participant-observation Sample size: 300

Argues that Ganesha/Pillaiyar is best approached as a threshold principle whose ritual repertoires systematize the work of beginning again, and proposes a 'Spiritual Reparations Paradigm' for psychosocial liberation.

theoretical or philosophical paper with autoethnography

The historical quantitative discrepancy in psychoactive plant knowledge between the Old and New Worlds is due to a lack of research in the Old World, as evidenced by a conspicuous set of traditional uses of hallucinogenic plants recently recorded in Africa.

review

Music-induced trance across traditional shamanism and contemporary rave culture engages partially overlapping neural dynamics, including increased low-frequency synchronization and shifts from executive control to limbic and default mode networks.

review