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Mystical experience research published in 2024

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Ma’rifatullah of Ibn ‘Ata’illah in the Face of ‘The Peak Experience’ of Abraham Maslow

Jurnal Akidah & Pemikiran Islam June 30, 2024 Nur Hadi Ihsan, Moh. Isom Mudin, Abdul Rohman

When a person achieves their life’s principal goal, they feel happier. They experience a diverse psychological condition compared to the average individual, reaching the culmination of their experience at that point. Within the Islamic heritage, particularly in Sufism, the pinnacle aim is ma‘rifatullah. The Sufi Ibn ‘Ata’illah has extensively discussed the idea of ma‘rifatullah. Meanwhile,...

DOI: 10.22452/afkar.vol26no1.2 (opens in new tab)

Progress as a pathway to the peak experience of flow

PsyArXiv June 14, 2024 Hairong Lu, Dimitri Van der Linden, Arnold B Bakker preprint

The flow experience, a psychological state reflecting optimal engagement, emerges from intrinsically motivated behavior and is linked with enhanced performance and well-being. In this study, we propose and examine factors influencing flow dynamics during tasks execution, emphasizing the centrality of progress in achieving flow. Conducting a mixed-design experiment with a progress niche...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/stbh6 (opens in new tab)

Psychometric properties of spanish version of mystical experience questionnaire and wellbeing measures

Revista Puertorriqueña de Psicologia June 1, 2024 Pablo Cabral-Juan, Marcos Reyes Estrada, José Rodríguez-Gómez

Recent research into psychedelics has found them to be an effective treatment for disorders related to depression, anxiety, and post traumatic stress disorder. Mystical experiences have proven to mediate the therapeutic effects for outcomes; however, Spanish measures have not been studied thoroughly. In this study we explored the psychometric properties of the Mystical Experience Questionnaire...

DOI: 10.55611/reps.3501.11 (opens in new tab) Mysticism Psychometric testing Clinical psychology Psychometrics +3

Psychedelics, the Bible, and the Divine

Religions May 24, 2024 Jaime Clark-Soles 6 citations

The current psychedelic renaissance intersects with Christian practices in two key ways. First, as psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) becomes more common, Christians undergoing therapeutic medical treatment may seek outside support for integrating into their religious lives mystical experiences that occur during psychedelic sessions. Second, with increasing legal access to psychedelics, more...

DOI: 10.3390/rel15050582 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Mystical experience Psychedelics and religion Visionary experience Biblical narratives +4

Shamanism and Psychedelic, Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Experiences

The Oxford Handbook of Psychedelic, Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Experiences May 22, 2024 Michael James Winkelman

Abstract Shamanism is a transcultural concept for understanding roles of ritual and psychedelics in the prehistoric origins of religiosity. The origins of religiosity are revealed by parallels of shamanic and chimpanzee collective ritualizations involving group chorusing and drumming with dramatic bipedal displays. This hominid baseline was expanded with mimetic evolution of song, dance and...

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192844064.013.37 (opens in new tab)

Peak experiences during insight mindfulness meditation retreats and their salutary and adverse impact: A prospective matched-controlled intervention study.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology April 1, 2024 Yuval Hadash, Tatyana Veksler, Omer Dar et al. 8 citations

We sought to address a growing debate regarding the adverse and salutary impact of unusual, extraordinary or intense subjective experiences during meditation-based interventions. To do so, we empirically characterized such peak experiences during an intensive meditation intervention and their impact postintervention. We conducted a preregistered prospective intervention study among 96 adults...

DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000875 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

Development of the Japanese version of the 30‐item Mystical Experience Questionnaire

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports March 13, 2024 Kengo Yonezawa, Hideaki Tani, Shinichiro Nakajima et al. 5 citations

Abstract Introduction Psychedelics have garnered increased attention as potential therapeutic options for various mental illnesses. Previous studies reported that psychedelics cause psychoactive effects through mystical experiences induced by these substances, including an altered state of consciousness. While this phenomenon is commonly assessed by the Mystical Experiences Questionnaire...

DOI: 10.1002/npr2.12377 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Human Mystical experiences questionnaire Psychedelics Advancing research +8

Unique Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Psilocybin Therapy Versus Escitalopram Treatment in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction March 7, 2024 Brandon Weiss, Leor Roseman, Bruna Giribaldi et al. 26 citations

Abstract The mechanisms by which Psilocybin Therapy (PT) improves depression remain an important object of study, with scientists actively exploring acute psychological experiences and neurobiological processes as candidates. In a phase 2, double-blind, randomized, active comparator controlled trial involving patients with moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder, we investigated whether...

DOI: 10.1007/s11469-024-01253-9 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Major depressive disorder Mystical experience Ego dissolution Psilocybin therapy psilocybin +7

Clarifying and measuring the characteristics of experiences that involve a loss of self or a dissolution of its boundaries.

Consciousness and Cognition March 1, 2024 Nicholas K. Canby, Jared R. Lindahl, Willoughby B. Britton et al. 11 citations

Mystical experience, non-dual awareness, selflessness, self-transcendent experience, and ego-dissolution have become increasingly prominent constructs in meditation and psychedelic research. However, these constructs and their measures tend to be highly overlapping, imprecise, and poorly integrated with similar pathological experiences. The present study seeks to clarify the common factors...

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2024.103655 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Ego dissolution Meditation Mystical experience Phenomenology +6

The Effects of Ayahuasca on Psychological Disorders: A Systematic Literature Review.

Cureus March 1, 2024 Reena Sheth, Esha Parikh, Kunmilayo Olayeye et al. 4 citations

Ayahuasca is an original Amazonian brew made from the vines and leaves of Psychotroa viridis and Banisteriopsis caapi. Both P. viridis and B. caapi give this brew its unique psychedelic properties which have been revered over centuries. In recent years, ayahuasca has gained attention as a potential therapeutic tool for mental health disorders, including substance abuse and depression. The...

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.55574 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Mystical experience PTSD Plant medicine Childhood trauma +11

The Mystical Experience Questionnaire 4-Item and Challenging Experience Questionnaire 7-Item.

Psychedelic Medicine March 1, 2024 Justin C Strickland, Albert Garcia‐romeu, Matthew W Johnson 20 citations

The Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ-30) and Challenging Effects Questionnaire (CEQ) are two of the most widely used, validated instruments to probe subjective effects of psychedelic drugs. However, these assessments are lengthy and can be a burden to study participants or patients if administered during acute psychedelic effects, after resolution of psychedelic effects when participants...

DOI: 10.1089/psymed.2023.0046 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Depression Anxiety LSD Mystical experience +7

Are “mystical experiences” essential for antidepressant actions of ketamine and the classic psychedelics?

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience February 27, 2024 Kenji Hashimoto 51 citations

Abstract The growing interest in the rapid and sustained antidepressant effects of the dissociative anesthetic ketamine and classic psychedelics, such as psilocybin, is remarkable. However, both ketamine and psychedelics are known to induce acute mystical experiences; ketamine can cause dissociative symptoms such as out-of-body experience, while psychedelics typically bring about hallucinogenic...

DOI: 10.1007/s00406-024-01770-7 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Ketamine Mysticism Antidepressant Psychoanalysis +1

Sufism in Attar's "The Conference of the Birds" Selected Translation by Peter Avery: Representations of Mystical Experience in Islamic Literature

Al-NASR February 23, 2024

In this paper, we seek to evaluate the presentation of Sufism in Attar's “The Conference of the Birds”, a Poem translated into the English by Peter Avery, in the Islamic literature. The investigation in its turn is directed on the modern writings to expose how the authors derive from the Sufi traditions the themes, the symbols, and acts to allegorize the many mystical experiences and spiritual...

DOI: 10.53762/alnasr.03.01.e04 (opens in new tab)

همگون اندیشی‌های حافظ و اکهارت تله با توجه به نظریة تجربة اوج

ادبیات تطبیقی February 17, 2024 Rooyintan Farahmand, Ehsan Zeineddini

. Introduction Comparative literature is a new branch in literary research, which has an unbreakable bond with topics like literary criticism, textual criticism, and investigation of the purpose of speech in the prominent works of different nations. This phenomenon was put forth almost two centuries ago in France which was then followed by Germany, Japan, and the United States of America. This...

DOI: 10.22103/jcl.2021.12840.2731 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Peak experience Keywords Hafez Eckhart tolle +1

Validation of the Danish Translation of the Revised Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30) and Possible Impact of Setting, Dose and Intention

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs January 15, 2024 Oliver Rumle Hovmand, Mathias Ebbesen Jensen, Tobias Søgaard Juul et al. 6 citations

Research suggests positive changes in both well-being and psychiatric symptoms following a psychedelic experience. One explanation may be the ability of psychedelic compounds to occasion mystical-type experiences. The Revised Mystical Experiences Questionnaire (MEQ30) is designed to assess the intensity and quality of such experiences. We examined the validity, reliability, and factor structure...

DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2024.2302186 (opens in new tab) Psilocybin Mysticism Danish Confirmatory factor analysis +1

Ascetical and mystical experience in Chinese Buddhism

Kom : casopis za religijske nauke 2024 Ilija Dabetić

The oldest religious beliefs of the ancient China were characterized by personification of natural phenomena, cult of ancestors with a developed magical element and frequent practice of alchemical experimentation. Sorcery continues to exist in later ages, as a feature of classical Chinese autochthonous religions, especially Daoist mystical efforts. In the period from the fourth to the second...

DOI: 10.5937/kom2401035d (opens in new tab)

The Extent of Alignment Between Abraham Maslow’s Perspective on Personality and Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khair (Mystical Experience or Peak Experience)

Islamic Knowledge and Insight 2024 Babak Akbar Mohammadi, Forozan Haqshenas Gatabi, Gholam Abbas Zakeri

Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khair is one of the most prominent Muslim mystics who consistently sought the development and flourishing of his personality. In his Sufi teachings, he placed special emphasis on humanity and, through his actions and words, provided the groundwork for the spiritual ascent of others. The present study examines and analyzes Abu Sa'id’s personality, as well as the nature of his...

DOI: 10.61838/iki.2.1.5 (opens in new tab)