Background: End-of-life dreams and visions (ELDVs) are common and meaningful experiences for individuals trending toward death. While research has shown the positive impact of ELDVs on some psychological processes, there is more to learn. Objective: This study aimed to explore the differences in perceived self-transcendence between hospice patients who experience ELDVs and hospice patients who...
Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry embodies a profound synthesis of spiritual philosophy and artistic expression, where the essence of Sufism becomes a central lens to understand his vision of divine love and unity. This paper explores how Tagore’s poetic universe resonates with Sufi concepts of Ishq (divine love), Fana (self-annihilation), and Tawhid (oneness of being), revealing an intense quest...
The global prevalence of depression is high, and there are concerns about the therapeutic effectiveness of current treatments. Research over the past two decades has led to a new class of alternative treatments termed 'psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT).' This study aimed to investigate the attitudes toward the application and use of psychedelic-assisted therapies in the United Kingdom...
TramesOctober 30, 2025Swati Samantaray, Sahadeb Patro
Religion was our first attempt at literature, cosmology, ecology, making sense of where we are in the universe. All religions are inherently predisposed to mystical experience â a harmonious and balanced existence and substantiation of Nature and man â man, who is conscious of his existence both in the material and the spiritual realm, as man is the highest spirit and the lowest matter...
AbstractThis study examines al-Ghazālī's method of metaphysical doubt in light of phenomenological approaches, particularly that of Edmund Husserl. It argues that al-Ghazālī's intellectual crisis and subsequent journey toward certain knowledge reveal a proto-phenomenological attitude, wherein doubt is not an end in itself but a methodological suspension aimed at uncovering indubitable truths....
The epistemological possibilities of man are one of the important questions of theology. In the Sacred Tradition of the Eastern Church, man’s ability to mystical knowledge is affirmed, i.e., to direct knowledge of God, not mediated by either aesthetic observation of the external world or introspective observation of the inner world of the soul. The task of separating the normative mystical...
Purpose: This qualitative study aims to understand how individuals with SCI experience and participate in mindfulness, including identifying barriers and facilitators to participation. Materials and methods: A qualitative descriptive approach following the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist was implemented. Participants partook in one-on-one telephone...
The visio facialis exercise in everyday surroundings Nicholas of Cusa's treatise 'De visione Dei' aims to introduce the reader to the practice of mystical experience. The treatise is usually interpreted from the beginning of the work. The experiments with the all-seeing eicona dei form the framework. The thesis of this article is that the entire content of Cusa's treatise can only be understood...
PLoS OneOctober 28, 2025Xiaoli Liu, Shu Luo, Xianxiu Wen et al.
Background: Due to high-pressure environments, heavy workloads, and working in "three-shift" schedules, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses experience high-level presenteeism. This may compromise nursing quality and patient safety and damage nurses' physical and mental health. Therefore, there's an urgent need for effective interventions to promote the healthy development of nursing human...
Following Nietzsche’s declaration that ‘God is dead’, Lev Shestov (1866–1938) and Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) attempted to rethink Judeo-Christian theological and philosophical traditions by trying to free the relation to God from pretences of finite concepts and limitations of knowledge. In the second half of the twentieth century, the problematic discourse of the so-called ‘paradox of the...