Sillages Critiques
January 30, 2025
Norman Finkelstein
What leads poets into mystical, hermetic and occult studies? How do these traditions shape their poetic practice, and conversely, how do their poems deepen our understanding of the enduring power of these bodies of thought, belief, and ritual? In response to these questions, this paper focuses on Robert Duncan’s study of Kabbalah, especially Kabbalistic language mysticism, which he reads as...
Psychological Science
January 27, 2025
Yibiao Liang, Erik Blaser, Jia Ying Yi et al.
Most work on working memory development has children remember a set of items as well as they can. However, this approach sidesteps the extended mind, the integration of external information with memory. Indeed, adults prefer to use external resources (e.g., lists, models) but will remember more as the cost to access them increases. Here, in our shopping game, we investigated this trade-off in...
Religions
January 22, 2025
John C. Thibdeau
In this article, I will touch on the ethical and moral possibilities of mysticism. On the one hand, I discuss the kinds of ethical work required to open and cultivate experiences of the divine. On the other hand, I look at how those experiences of the divine create new opportunities for kinds of ethical relationships to oneself, to others, and to the divine. In doing so, I connect the practices...
Palliative & Supportive Care
January 21, 2025
Caroline Dorsen, Lola Noero, Michelle Knapp et al.
5 citations
The recent wave of clinical trials of psychedelic substances among patients with life-limiting illness has largely focused on individual healing. This most often translates to a single patient receiving an intervention with researchers guiding them. As social isolation and lack of connection are major drivers of current mental health crises and group work is expected to be an important aspect...
January 20, 2025
Isaac Portilla
This chapter focuses on the implications of the mystical experiences and realizations of Ramana, Aurobindo, and the Christian interfaith pioneers in India for Hindu-Christian interfaith dialogue. The phenomenological commitment is to respect both mystical and worldly experiences, that is, to see both the divine and the human narratives. It leads to an understanding of Hinduism and Christianity...
Contemporary Drug Problems
January 19, 2025
Mika Tsupari, Matilda Hellman, T. Tammi
Background The use of psychedelics is on the rise worldwide as more people are experimenting, self-medicating or seeking benefits from these substances. Aims This study explores the use values ascribed to classic psychedelics by 40 users in Finland – a country that scores high in welfare and happiness but has faced an increase in mental health problems and has adapted austerity policies in the...
Psychedelic Intersections
January 17, 2025
Brad Stoddard
Ethnographic research suggests that people across the United States are increasingly gathering to commune with their creators, to interact with their ancestors, to enter the spirit world, to gain supernatural insights, and to engage in what they otherwise describe as religious or spiritual experiences. In this regard, their actions are not particularly revolutionary or novel. What distinguishes...
The oncologist
January 17, 2025
Cristiane Decat Bergerot, Paulo Gustavo Bergerot, Errol J Philip et al.
4 citations
Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) experience emotional distress and limited supportive care access. This study assesses a mindfulness app's feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy in improving emotional symptoms, trait mindfulness, and overall quality of life for patients with mRCC on immunotherapy. This multinational study recruited patients with mRCC undergoing...
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
January 13, 2025
Jonathan Dinsmore, Putu Divariani, I. Kadek et al.
Jonathan Dinsmore’s Mystical Luminosity Experience: An Initiation of a Construct Grounded in Phenomenology offers a groundbreaking exploration of an often-overlooked phenomenon: mystical luminosity experiences (MLE). By bridging ancient mystical traditions with modern scientific inquiry, this work is a rare fusion of academic rigor and spiritual insight, making it a significant contribution to...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
January 10, 2025
Ana Cláudia Mesquita Garcia, Lucas Oliveira Maia, Everson Meireles et al.
8 citations
This study is a survey-type, cross-sectional study conducted in Brazil (n = 517), with online data collection taking place from April to June 2022. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the death anxiety in users and non-users of psychedelics. To this end, we also assessed the validity and reliability of the Death Anxiety Scale in Brazil. The following instruments were used for data...