Psilocybin has been shown to induce fast and sustained symptoms improvements across various psychiatric conditions, yet its long-term mechanisms of action are not fully understood. Initial evidence suggests that longitudinal functional and structural brain changes implicate fronto-striatal-thalamic (FST) circuitry, a broad system involved in goal-directed behavior and motivational states. Here,...
Since its inception, Christianity has continuously engaged with mystical ideas—to varying degrees depending on the prevailing influences. Claims are falsely attributed to Christ as the founder of the foundations of mysticism, drawing upon his sayings and actions; this trajectory extends from the founding figures of altered Christianity—such as Paul—through the establishment of key mystical...
This essay interrogates the ontological transformation of the scientific enterprise under contemporary technological overload. Its central contention is that we are witnessing a transition from an Enlightenment tradition of human-centric causal inquiry to an age of algorithmic determinism, in which the efficient processing of human variables threatens to render the scientist, and the science...
TashkeelJune 30, 2026Noreen Akhtar, Dr. Fahmida Tabassum
Allama Iqbal’s concept of Fana and Baqa is a central element of his philosophy of Khudi, rooted in Islamic mysticism yet presented in a dynamic and practical form. For Iqbal, Fana does not dignify the negation of the self but its affirmation, while Baqa represents the perfection of the self and the attainment of eternal life. Iqbal views life after death as a continuation of existence rather...
This study sought to present a philosophical foundation and categorical basis for tea aesthetics education by examining the limitations of object-centered aesthetics and classical cognitivism, with a focus on the convergence between aesthetic experience and embodied cognition. Tea experience is understood as both a reflective and an embodied experience. Drawing on Maturana and Varela’s...
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing hemodialysis face prolonged biopsychosocial and existential burdens due to their lifelong dependence on renal replacement therapy. Amid physical limitations, changes in social roles, and the constant threat of death, many patients actually rediscover the meaning of life through processes of self-transcendence, spirituality, and existential...
This study aims to analyze research trends in Buddhist counseling-related academic journal articles published in South Korea from 2016 to 2025 and to propose directions for future research. To this end, articles identifiable through domestic academic search services - including KCI, RISS, DBpia, eArticle, and KOAJ - as well as open internet searches were reviewed for publications from 2016...
This study examines the dynamics between charismatic leadership and the Mandate of Heaven (tianming, 天命) in the Boxer Uprising (1899–1901), analyzing how religious authority was constructed, exercised, and ultimately collapsed. Drawing on Max Weber’s theory of charismatic authority and the historical genealogy of tianming discourse, the research develops an integrative “Sacred Mobilization...
This study brings post-qualitative inquiry, posthumanism, and East Asian thought on change intoconversation to explore a Verbal Epistemology centered on the transition and operation ofknowing, moving beyond a noun-based mode of cognition that apprehends being as a fixedsubstance. The point of departure lies not in the application of external theory, but in existentialruptures encountered...
Background: Individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) commonly exhibit elevated psychological stress, autonomic dysregulation, and altered biochemical stress markers, which adversely affect rehabilitation outcomes.Mind-body interventions, such as yoga, may support recovery by modulating psychophysiological stress pathways.This study examined the effects of a structured yoga-based...