BACKGROUND: Vivid dream experiences in the intensive care unit (ICU) are common, but poorly understood. AIM: We investigated the occurrence, vividness, content, emotional impact and associated factors of dream experiences in the ICU. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective mixed methods study with subjects ≥ 18 years, previously admitted to the ICU for ≥ 4 days and/or due to COVID-19, who were not sedated...
This paper explores the origins and development of the "contemplative psychotherapy" project in the United States, emerging around psychoanalyst Edward Podvoll and the intellectual environment at Naropa University during the 1970s and 1980s. It situates Podvoll's work within the broader dialogue between Buddhism and Western psychotherapy, highlighting how his contributions shed light on this...
This study explores the dual theme of complaint and hope in modern Arabic poetry, portraying it as a profound human voice that expresses emotional and spiritual experience in moments of fragility and reflection. Complaint is not treated merely as a lament or expression of suffering, but as a contemplative and artistic mode that elevates personal pain into a search for transcendence and light....
The article present critically examines the dynamic intersection of gender, spiritual devotion, and indigenous epistemologies within Indian mystical traditions. Through an analysis of the works of key mystic poets such as Kabir, Mirabai, Akka Mahadevi, Lalla, and the women poets of the Therigatha, it explores how mystic poetry operates as both a literary and philosophical repository of...
In this book, Phillip Wiebe examines religious, spiritual, and mystical experiences, assessing how these experiences appear to implicate a spiritual order. Despite the current prevalence of naturalism and atheism, he argues that experiences purporting to have a religious or spiritual significance deserve close empirical investigation. Wiebe surveys the broad scope of religious experience and...
This study aimed to validate and culturally adapt the Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale (OAV) and Five Dimensional-Altered States of Consciousness Questionnaire (5D-ASC) for Brazilian Portuguese to measure altered states of consciousness in the context of psychedelic research. A parallel back-translation model was employed with expert reviews to ensure linguistic and cultural...
Understanding the concept of God in two major traditions—Islam and Christianity—has profound philosophical and theological significance, especially when examined through the mystical thought of Ibn ʻArabī and Meister Eckhart, who both position God as the highest reality in the dialectic between transcendence and immanence. This study aims to analyze and compare the metaphysical,...
This article covers the research on the mystical experience that is evident in the prophetic and apocalyptic writings of ancient Judaism, or Second Temple Judaism. Specifically, an analysis is made of the contributions and limits of the two groups of recent biblical studies on this topic. They are the Experientia Group and the Synesthesia Group. Despite the diversity of their composition and...
arXiv Preprint ArchiveJune 20, 2025Ankolika De, Kelley Cotter, Shaheen Kanthawala et al.
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Recent studies show that users often interpret social media algorithms as mystical or spiritual because of their unpredictability. This invites new questions about how such perceptions affect the content that creators create and the communities they form online. In this study, 14 creators of algorithmic conspirituality content on TikTok were interviewed to explore their interpretations and...
This paper explores William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience as a poetic cartography of visionary mindscapes, where perception is not merely a sensory but a divine act. Tracing key influences from Jacob Boehme’s mystical theology and drawing connections to the phenomenological aesthetics of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, the theological and philosophical underpinnings of William Blake’s...