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September 11, 2023 Peter J. Columbus
This chapter is a five-part critical appraisal of Alan Watts’ work considered perennial philosophy. The inquiry begins with brief assessment of the Eastern and Western literatures influencing Watts’ thought vis-à-vis perennial philosophy and mystical experience. The remaining examination is focused on the logical cohesion and coherence of Watts’ understanding of mystical experience. The general...
British Journal of Nursing Studies September 10, 2023 Regie de Jesus, Hansel Gadon
This study aims to construct a model that elucidates the process by which nurses acquire an understanding of near-death experiences (NDE) in intensive care units (ICU). The researcher utilized a classic Glaserian grounded theory inquiry design approach. Employing theoretical sampling, twenty-one ICU nurses with clinical experience ranging from five to fifteen years were recruited. Subsequently,...
Current Psychology September 8, 2023 Camile Bahi, Mona Irrmischer, Katrien Franken et al. 27 citations
Abstract Breathwork as a means of inducing non-ordinary states of consciousness is gaining traction as a potential therapeutic modality. We examined the effects of breathwork (in the form of connected breathing) on electroencephalography (EEG) and mood in 20 healthy participants (aged between 23 and 39 years (female = 11, M age = 29). In addition, to compare with other means of inducing...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs September 7, 2023 Marianna Graziosi, Manvir Singh, Sandeep M. Nayak et al. 10 citations
ABSTRACT Reports of psychedelic experiences may contain similarities and differences across cultural contexts, but most current characterizations and quantifications of psychedelic experiences come from Western medical and naturalistic settings. In this article, we begin with a brief history of the diversity of psychedelic use in non-Western settings. We then compare and contrast accounts of...
Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education Herald. Series: Philosophy, Pedagogy September 5, 2023 Mykhailo G. Murashkin
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of domestic and foreign developments on the issues of a certain state of man in general and the state of TERMINATION in the religious and secular life of man in particular; the concept of «termination» is substantiated; the content of the leading concepts of the problem is revealed. The signs, types, functions, and qualities of the TERMINATION state...
The Catholic historical review September 1, 2023 Alison Shell
Reviewed by: Mysticism in Early Modern England by Liam Peter Temple Alison Shell Mysticism in Early Modern England. By Liam Peter Temple. [Studies in Modern British Religious History.] (Woodbridge: Boydell, 2019. Pp. ix, 236. £75.00/ $115.00. ISBN: 978-1-78327-393-5.) The early twentieth-century spiritual writer Evelyn Underhill spoke of mysticism as revealing "truths that are timeless." But...
Spiritus September 1, 2023 Mark S. Burrows 2 citations
"What Deepens the Deep for Us":Poetry, Contemplation, and the Art of Reading Mark S. Burrows (bio) The sole archives of the divine are poems, and an address to the god, more than any other kind, requires a conversion in language or an entirely different attitude within it. —Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe This essay undertakes the task of unfolding Lacoue-Labarthe's bold claim,1 exploring poetry as a...
American Religion September 1, 2023 Sharday Mosurinjohn, Jordan Loewen-Colón 2 citations
American Religion 5:1 138Around the time when Jacob Boss approached us with the invitation to contribute to this American Religion roundtable on AI and algorithms, I (Sharday Mosurinjohn) had just been introduced to the esoteric algorithm called "Human Design" 1 by a friend in the psychedelic space, which is where the bulk of my research now takes place. 2 As I delved deeper into the world of...
Qeios September 1, 2023 Patrizio Tressoldi, Jeffrey Long preprint
The aim of this study is to replicate Long & Perry’s (2016) God study using a more updated database and different inclusion criteria. The descriptions of God’s and Jesus’ characteristics as observed by 303 Near-death or Near-death-like experiencers were analyzed for their frequency both in the whole sample and divided by the participants’ religious experience. Both in the whole group and in the...
Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society September 1, 2023 Edda Wolff 1 citation
Abstract This essay argues that a negative hermeneutics, i.e., a hermeneutics that takes its starting point from the experience of gaps, failures, and limits, is a suitable lens for the study of mysticism. It uses the concept of travail of the negative, which focuses on dynamics of a continuous ‘unsaying’ and ‘subverting’ of traditional expressions of faith and religious practice, to explore...