Este artículo analiza la representación y reconfiguración de la ayahuasca en relatos polacos difundidos a través de YouTube. Mediante un análisis cualitativo de testi-monios publicados entre enero y abril de 2022, se contrastan las experiencias de ciudada-nos polacos participantes en ceremonias en América Latina y Europa con las descripciones etnográficas del uso indígena amazónico. El estudio...
Sapere AudeDecember 29, 2025Veronica Campos, Daniel de Luca‐noronha1 citation
In this paper an argument is presented against one of the mainstream theories in the cognitive science of religion, the Minimal Counterintuitiveness Hypothesis (MCI). The MCI hypothesis explains the adherence of religious beliefs as a function of the degree of counterintuitiveness of the concepts figuring in the belief’s content. According to MCI, religious beliefs are adherent because they...
This article aims to investigate the relationship between musical works and transcendental or mystical experiences among listeners. The analysis was conducted within the context of philosophical research. The first part of the text focuses on exploring concepts such as mystical and transcendental experiences. Subsequently, historical conceptions describing the relationships between music and...
Saif-ul-Malook is one of Mian Muhammad Bakhsh's important works of Punjabi Sufi poetry, and through the story of love, he has included the inner meaning of life and spiritual change. While the story is told through Prince Saif-ul-Malook's quest for Badi-ul-Jamal, there is much more to it than the romance of desire and love. The work is about human struggles, desires, sufferings, endurance,...
During the 13th century, as Islam began to disseminate in the Indian Subcontinent, Ṣufī thought became central to the region's Islamic development. Ṣūfīsm deeply influenced the propagation of Islam in the Subcontinent, and its teachings shaped the Muslim ethos. Among the influential figures, Shāh Walī Allāh stands out for his extraordinary contributions to Ṣufī thought, particularly in his...
This article advances a comprehensive reinterpretation of Islamic mystical metaphysics through the development of Quantum-Relational ʿIrfān (QRI), a theoretical framework that bridges classical doctrines of unity and contemporary relational ontology. While Ibn ʿArabī’s ontology of waḥdat al-wujūd and Mullā Ṣadrā’s graded existentialism constitute the most sophisticated pre-modern articulations...
This study piloted and validated the Russian-language version of R. W. Hood’s Mysticism Scale in an adult sample. Two comparable groups participated (N = 200; age 19–61): 100 with self-reported mystical/transcendent experiences and 100 without such experiences. The adaptation used forward–back translation with expert review. Psychometrics included exploratory factor analysis (KMO = 0.86;...
The specificity of Indian epistemic culture is the inclusion of mystical intuition among cognitive abilities, and the absence of the concept of reason as the highest cognitive ability. In Indian traditional religio-philosophical texts intuition, often referred to as mystical experience, was used by default. In the philosophical works of Aurobindo Ghosh (1872–1950), its epistemological status is...
Recently, there has been growing scientific interest in studying states of selflessness, where there is no sense of self as the immediate subject of experience. Preliminary findings suggest that this state is associated with increased positive emotions and a sense of connection with the world and all living beings. Given its potential benefits, various practices have been developed to induce or...
Anxiety, depression, and existential distress are common symptoms in palliative care and significantly impair patients’ quality of life. Psilocybin-assisted therapy, based on preparation, therapeutic support, and psychotherapeutic integration, has emerged as a promising intervention to alleviate this complex cluster of suffering. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the evidence...