Creative Saplings
September 25, 2023
Mariette Anitha Moras, Ashish Alexander
1 citation
The summum bonum of every human soul, according to men and women of faith, is union with God in mutual love. There is a quest within human beings to be united with God. The union is the convergence of physical and spiritual worlds, reason and matter, soul and body, flesh and Spirit. People want to coexist with the all-encompassing Spirit known as Brahman, or God. It demands harmony between...
Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental
September 22, 2023
Michele Aparecida Cerqueira Rodrigues, Fernando Campos Barbosa, Gabriel César Dias Lopes et al.
2 citations
Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between religion, spirituality and neuroscience, with a focus on understanding the biological bases of religious experiences. The study aims to analyze how different spiritual practices affect the human brain, identify the brain regions involved, and examine the impact of these practices on mental health and emotional...
JHLT Open
September 22, 2023
Anna Bovill Shapiro, Mohit Chauhan, Archer Kilbourne Martin et al.
1 citation
A 68-year-old with a history of ischemic cardiomyopathy, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and anxiety was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in cardiogenic shock. After an intubation and several days in the ICU, he expressed hopelessness with further care and was considering a transition to hospice. The treatment team was concerned that clinical depression was influencing his...
Psychiatric News
September 22, 2023
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Clinical & ResearchFull AccessMDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Shows Promise for Patients of Diverse BackgroundsSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:22 Sep 2023https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2023.10.10.60AbstractMDMA appears to enhance the ability of individuals with PTSD to benefit from psychotherapy by softening their...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
September 22, 2023
Mitch Earleywine, Maha N. Mian, Joseph A. de Leo
5 citations
Expectancy effects for many psychoactive substances appear to play a role in consumption, problematic use, subjective responses to acute administration, and subsequent effects. Expectancies of psychedelics have received little attention in published research despite their reputation for creating dramatic changes in subjective state. Psilocybin-assisted treatment (PAT) improves depression, but...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
September 19, 2023
Hillary Jackson, Sara So, Abigail Yaffe et al.
87 citations
Introduction The classic psychedelic psilocybin, found in some mushroom species, has received renewed interest in clinical research, showing potential mental health benefits in preliminary trials. Naturalistic use of psilocybin outside of research settings has increased in recent years, though data on the public health impact of such use remain limited. Methods This prospective, longitudinal...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
September 18, 2023
Karina Sergi, Micah Linton, Rhianna Rich et al.
21 citations
Introduction Psychedelic-assisted therapy with psilocybin has shown promise in Phase 2 trials for alcohol use disorder (AUD). Set and setting, particularly factors facilitating a connection with nature, may positively influence the psychedelic experience and therapeutic outcomes. But to date, randomized controlled trials of interventions to enhance set and setting for psychedelic-assisted...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 13, 2023
El‐sayed El‐aswad
2 citations
This paper is positioned within broader scholarly debates about ritual‐religious and psychological elements underlying the phenomenon of altered states of mind in Egyptian Muslim contexts. This research examines the intricate relationships between ritual, consciousness, and the unseen/unknowable world reflected in the imagination and practices of urban and rural communities belonging...
Indonesian Journal of Islamic Literature and Muslim Society
September 12, 2023
Habib Habib, Moh Habib
3 citations
Symbols play an important role in conveying the sufis’ spiritual experience. Describing their mystical journeys has been proven to be challenging because their journeys occur outside common people’s realm of thinking. Their symbolic framework are only known by those who possess pure hearts and the knowledge of kashf (a state of religious epiphany where someone was given the power by the God to...
September 11, 2023
Peter J. Columbus
This chapter is theistic critique Alan Watts’ mystical philosophy considered a type of pantheism. The critique is fourfold: (1) It is argued that Watts cannot account for the validity of everyday consciousness; (2) Watts conflated Christian mystical experience with non-Christian mystical experience; (3) Watts’ arguments are self-contradictory in that they employ logic in the rejection of logic...