Psychology Crime and Law
July 1, 1996
Guy D. Hatchard, Ashley J. Deans, Kenneth L. Cavanaugh et al.
18 citations
Time series analysis was used to test the hypothesis that Merseyside crime rate was reduced by a group practising Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programme. Previous research suggests that a phase transition to increased orderliness u evidenced by reduced crime rate should occur when the group size approaches the square root of 1% of the total population. Analysis...
Complexity
July 1, 1996
Daniel C. Dennett
1 citation
A tale of cognitive pursuit hat Douglas Hofstadter is, quite simply, is a phenomenologist, a practicing phenomenologist, and he does it better than anyone else.Ever.For years he W has been studying the processes of his own consciousness, relentlessly, unflinchingly, imaginatively, but undeludely.He is not a Phenomenologist with a capital "P"-with few exceptions, Phenomenologists don't actually...
Hasidism Reappraised
July 1, 1996
Naftali Loewenthal
This chapter explores the dialectic implicit in popularizing a contemplative approach to prayer. A system of contemplation suitable for an élite group of men of stature may well need modification before it can be applied by a wider echelon of society. In fact, it would seem that R. Dov Ber felt that his initial guidance on the contemplative process was being misinterpreted; people were reaching...
Philosophy of Science
June 1, 1996
David B Newman
118 citations
Recent work in the Philosophy of Mind has suggested that alternatives to reduction are required in order to explain the relationship between psychology and biology or physics. Emergence has been proposed as one such alternative. In this paper, I propose a precise definition of emergence, and I argue that chaotic systems provide concrete examples of properties that meet this definition. In...
diacritics
June 1, 1996
Amy Hollywood
3 citations
Bataille and Mysticism: A “Dazzling Dissolution” Amy Hollywood (bio) Within Georges Bataille’s texts of the late 1930s and 1940s, in particular those later brought together in the tripartite Atheological Summa, he repeatedly suggests that his primary models for writing and experience are the texts of the Christian and non-Western mystical traditions (often represented, in Bataille, by women’s...
Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis
June 1, 1996
Paul E. Emery
9 citations
The intrapsychic processes underlying the phenomenology of PTSD symptoms appear to derive their fate from the states of consciousness at the time of traumatic experiences. The operative mechanisms of consciousness-condensation, avoidance of censorship, representability, and secondary revision-are the elements of trauma work as they are of dream work. These mechanisms establish an ever-present...
Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne
May 1, 1996
Allan T. Morrison, Harry T. Hunt
9 citations
AbstractThis study tests the hypothesis that questionnaire self - report measures of altered state experience are, by their very nature, affected by demand features (Orne, 1970), while interview self - report measures of experience are more resistant to these vulnerabilities. It was specifically hypothesized that an interview measure would distinguish the experiences of actual meditators...
Biblioteca de la Escuela Argentina de Tantra
April 19, 1996
Oscar R. Gómez
The Certified Tantra® Course, divided into three modules, begins on Fridays at 6:00 PM and concludes on Sundays at 8:00 PM. Students acquire all the tools of tantra practice and a series of exercises to be performed over the following 15 days. At the end of this period, a follow-up meeting is held to monitor progress and provide a final set of exercises to maximize the benefits of the practice....
The American Historical Review
April 1, 1996
Karma Lochrie, Denise N. Baker
30 citations
The first woman known to have written in English, the fourteenth century mystic Julian of Norwich has inspired generations of Christians with her reflections on the motherhood of Jesus, and her assurance that, despite evil, all shall be well. In this book, Denise Baker reconsiders Julian not only as an eloquent and profound visionary but also as an evolving, sophisticated theologian of great...
ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
March 22, 1996
Lyall Crawford
Three linguistic themes or elements inform this narrative: virtual reality, philosophical Taoism, and altered states of awareness. The initial purpose of this symbolic experience is to enable us to become mindful of symbolic experience through exploring the three themes or linguistic elements of this essay. Ours is an excursion of words and words have their ways -- ways essentially...