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Dreams, Jokes, and Songs July 31, 2025 Paul Thagard
Abstract This chapter explores the role of time in conscious experience through the Neural Binding and Coherence (NBC) theory. It examines how neural mechanisms, such as time cells and memory units, create a biological representation of time, enabling the perception of duration, change, simultaneity, and causality. By binding time cells with sensory and abstract information, the brain forms...
The Korean Society of Human and Nature July 31, 2025 Kan-Pyo Lee
The purpose of this study is to understand the later Heideggerian thought within the characteristics of the negative-theological and mystical methodology and to reveal its ontological significance thereafter. First, in Chapter 2, we examine the problematic awareness and methodology of Heidegger’s philosophy. And this implies the forgetfulness of Being (Seinsvergessenheit) and the...
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying July 30, 2025 Sandra Barreto 3 citations
Interest in near-death experiences (NDEs) has grown across disciplines such as medicine, psychology, and literature, yet no consensus exists on their origin or nature. This study presents a bibliometric and systematic review of 775 articles published between 1977 and April 2025, using PRISMA guidelines. Data was extracted from the Scopus database and analyzed with the Bibliometrix package in R....
Anglican theological review July 29, 2025 C. Bynum
Responding to Simon Critchley’s recent book Mysticism (2024), which engages with her earlier Christian Materiality (2011), Caroline Bynum compares two well-known mystics, Julian of Norwich and Annie Dillard, who lived six hundred years apart, and argues that to both the material world—nature, conceptions of it, and art in some way reflecting it—was key in her visions of what lay beyond that...
Religions July 29, 2025 Dennis F. Kinlaw 1 citation
This article explores the often-overlooked question of how literary reading might give rise to experiences that readers themselves identify as spiritual. Framed by William James’s account of “mystical susceptibility” and recent psychological models of spirituality as altered states of consciousness involving shifts in perception, affect, and cognition, the essay asks how engagement with...
BMC Nursing July 29, 2025 Xiaolei Chen, Aiyan Du, Mei Yu et al.
Intensive care units (ICUs) are high-risk, high-stress environments that substantially increase the likelihood of nursing staff becoming second victims (SVs). However, current research on mindfulness interventions for ICU nurses facing SV effects is limited, particularly due to the lack of systematic intervention protocols tailored to the specific work scenarios of ICU staff. This study aims to...
July 27, 2025 Pete Carr preprint
Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy emphasizes the transformative power of mystical-type peak experiences. Stroboscopic ganzfeld (ganzflicker) stimulation offers a non-pharmacological analogue to psychedelic drugs. This exploratory self-experimentation study investigated whether anxiety-neutralizing techniques (eye movements, square breathing) enhance the brightness of visual hallucinations...
Research Square July 27, 2025 Klemens Egger, Robert Bozsak, Helena Aicher et al. 1 citation preprint
Abstract Classical psychedelics such N,N -dimethyltryptamine (DMT), psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) modulate consciousness via serotonergic receptor agonism, and are increasingly investigated for their psychotherapeutic potential. When combined with the monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) inhibitor harmine—mimicking the pharmacological profile of ayahuasca—oral DMT induces a...
Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies July 23, 2025 Humaira Masud, Muhammad Awais Shah, H. Akbar
This research explores the intersections of transcendentalism in William Wordsworth’s “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Early Childhood” and Rumi’s The Song of Reed, focusing on their shared themes of spirituality, divine unity, and the human quest for connection with the divine. The study addresses how both works reflect transcendentalist thought, emphasizing individual spiritual...
Frontiers in Psychology July 22, 2025 Pascal Michael, Pauline Fritz, Olivia Gosseries et al. 1 citation
Near-death experiences (NDEs), a syndrome of experiences with mystical-type content classically arising in the context of life-threatening situations, are under-researched in terms of their relevance for acute medical care. We here discuss several reasons to raise the importance of conducting more comprehensive NDE research in emergency and critical care contexts, including but not limited to...