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September 16, 2020 Katherine Olivetti
Using a personal experience at the time of the death of her mother and a subsequent dream, the psychoanalyst/author explores the phenomenon of mystical experience. She shows how the surrender of well-developed ego structures enables vectors of intense communication to cross psychic thresholds to create a mystical experience that can be understood as being overtaken by a full and numinous...
Psychopharmacology September 1, 2020 Valerie van Mulukom, Ruairi E Patterson, Michiel van Elk 61 citations
Recent research has shown that classical serotonergic psychedelic (CSP) drugs may be used to ameliorate certain health issues and disorders. Here we hypothesised that CSP experiences, through their ability to induce awe and ego-dissolution, may result in a reduction of maladaptive narcissistic personality traits, such as a strong sense of entitlement and lack of empathy. Our objective was to...
Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity August 5, 2020 Benedetta Demartini, Veronica Nisticò, Roberta Tedesco et al.
Purpose: It has been widely shown that dissociative features might play a fundamental role in producing body image distortions in patients affected by eating disorders. Here, we hypothesize that the Mirror Gazing Test (MGT), a task consisting in mirror exposure in a condition of sensory deprivation, would elicit dissociative symptoms in a group of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). Methods:...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences June 6, 2020 Anna Ciaunica, J. C. Charlton, Harry Farmer 78 citations
Abstract There has recently been a resurgence of philosophical and scientific interest in the foundations of self-consciousness, with particular focus on its altered, anomalous forms. This paper looks at the altered forms of self-awareness in Depersonalization Disorder (DPD), a condition in which people feel detached from their self, their body and the world (Derealisation). Building upon the...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies March 25, 2020 Malin V. Uthaug, Rafael Lancelotta, Ana María Ortiz Bernal et al. 25 citations
Abstract Background Previous research suggests a therapeutic potential of 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT). However, online anecdotal reports have described a phenomenon following cessation of the acute effects of 5-MeO-DMT use which has been termed reactivation (i.e., re-experiencing [“flashback”]). To date, no research has investigated whether different routes of administration...
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences March 24, 2020 Chris Letheby 18 citations
Can there be phenomenal consciousness without self-consciousness? Strong intuitions and prominent theories of consciousness say “no”: experience requires minimal self-awareness, or “subjectivity”. This “subjectivity principle” (SP) faces apparent counterexamples in the form of anomalous mental states claimed to lack self-consciousness entirely, such as “inserted thoughts” in schizophrenia and...
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences March 24, 2020 George Deane 48 citations
Psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin, LSD and DMT are known to induce powerful alterations in phenomenology. Perhaps of most philosophical and scientific interest is their capacity to disrupt and even “dissolve” one of the most primary features of normal experience: that of being a self. Such “peak” or “mystical” experiences are of increasing interest for their potentially transformative...
March 10, 2020 Valerie van Mulukom, Ruairi E Patterson, Michiel van Elk preprint
RationaleThere has been a recent increase in research showing that classical serotonergic psychedelic (CSP) drugs may be used to ameliorate certain health issues and disorders. Here we hypothesized that CSP experiences, through their ability to induce awe and ego-dissolution, may result in a reduction of maladaptive narcissistic personality traits, such as a strong sense of entitlement and lack...
Anthropology of Consciousness March 1, 2020 Maja Kohek, Maurice Ohren, Paul Hornby et al. 20 citations
Abstract Ibogaine is the most abundant alkaloid present in the African shrub Tabernanthe iboga . As a result of the lack of research on the acute subjective effects, the purpose of this study was to identify categories of the ibogaine experience and gain a better understanding of the internal processes while under its effects. We created a semistructured interview and recruited twenty...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation January 30, 2020 Ravi Shah, Christina M Temes, Frances R Frankenburg et al.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric illness, and it is often associated with dissociative symptoms. The purpose of this study was to assess the course of depersonalization and derealization symptoms in recovered and non-recovered borderline patients over 20 years of prospective follow-up. The Dysphoric Affect Scale (DAS) - a 50-item self-report measure was...