В статье с помощью методов синергийной антропологии рассмотрены антропологические стратегии, доминирующие в различные эпохи. Новое время реализовывало стратегию человека разумного, с ней связан концепт «разум / рассудок», Новейшее время предложило стратегию человека подсознательного ( концепт «сознание / бессознательное»). В последние десятилетия развивается стратегия человека виртуального, она...
This critical review explores how the process of commodification is affecting the spiritual dimension of tourism at both psychological and social levels. Utilizing studies of tourism, psychology, anthropology, sociology, and religion, the review moves beyond treating the commodification of the sacred in tourism in a purely negative light as corruption of the sacred by market. Rather, market...
This preprint presents Noesis Directa, a preliminary cognitive-phenomenological model proposed to describe a specific non-discursive cognitive functioning characterized by the predominance of direct cognitive apprehension in the absence of conscious mediation by mental imagery and inner speech. The work integrates phenomenological description, cognitive science, philosophy of mind and...
This article explores contemplative prayer and God representations in Polish Catholics, both charismatic and non-charismatic practitioners. Drawing on dedicated interviews and publicly available data, the study investigates the representations of God’s where-being, particularly in terms of transcendence and immanence (close, all-permeating, indwelling and sacramental aspects), and their...
This study explored senior Western Yoga teacher-trainers’ sense-making in the context of her or his Modern Yoga teacher-training programs. Through senior Western Yoga teacher-trainers’ sense-making of her or his interpretations and applications of non-Western Yoga philosophies and traditions, meaning-making was generated. Sense-making here denotes the participants’ understandings, while...
A growing number of theorists have looked to the enactivist approach in philosophy of mind or the affordance-based approach from ecological psychology to make sense of a wide variety of phenomena; some theorists believe that these theoretical accounts can offer rich insights about the nature of mental disorders, their etiology, and their characteristic symptoms. I argue that theorists who adopt...
Soma is a central yet enigmatic concept in Vedic literature, described as a plant or elixir associated with elevated states of consciousness such as refined perception, inner bliss, reduced fear, and a sense of unity, though its biological basis remains unresolved.In a modern reinterpretation, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi proposed that Soma need not be an external substance but may reflect an...
The study of consciousness has moved from the margins of philosophy to the center of theoretical physics. Yet, despite increasingly sophisticated mathematical and quantum models, ontological progress on the "Hard Problem" appears stalled. This paper does not claim to solve the Hard Problem, nor to establish a new metaphysics of mind. Instead, it advances a diagnostic framework showing that a...
This paper argues that the subjective aspect of consciousness (phenomenal consciousness) cannot be exhaustively explained by any functional model based on information feedback. This predicament does not stem from a temporary lack of empirical data, but is rooted in the self-referential structure of conscious systems: any attempt to explain the system's own subjectivity using its internal...
Abstract Meditation has been associated with a range of psychological benefits. However, providing objective and subject-independent markers of distinct meditative phases remains challenging, especially when different meditation practices induce subtly different brain dynamics. This study investigates whether three meditative phases, namely Concentrative, Loving-Kindness, and Emptiness, can be...