The Heythrop Journal
May 16, 2023
Edda Wolff
2 citations
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 the dynamics of a continuous ‘unsaying’ and ‘subverting’ of traditional expressions of faith and religious practice, to explore the...
Frontiers in Psychology
May 16, 2023
Oliver Davis
4 citations
This article presents an analytical reading of the extraordinarily rich cultural production around drugs by the 20th-century French poet, writer, critic, and visual artist Michaux (1899–1984). Over about a decade, from the mid-1950's, the otherwise habitually sober Michaux wrote five books, included within which were dozens of drawings, and made one half-hour film, charting his adventures as an...
May 15, 2023
Jacob S. Aday, Emily K. Bloesch, Alan K. Davis et al.
3 citations
preprint
Psychedelic drugs are currently being investigated for their potential to facilitate a variety of long-lasting psychological changes. One area of psychological functioning that has yet to be systematically investigated in psychedelic research regards aesthetic experiences. This is surprising given the notable acute changes in perception induced by the drugs as well as the wealth of anecdotal...
May 11, 2023
Anand C. Paranjpe
This chapter is devoted to the discussion of some prominent modern thinkers, including psychologists whose work provides differing perspectives on the Yogic transformation of consciousness leading to Samādhi. The philosopher Edmund Husserl developed a technique that came close to that of Yoga, but in the end, he abandoned that project. Jean Piaget started with the idea that God is immanent in...
May 10, 2023
Paul Kurtz
The relationship between science and religion has engendered heated controversy. Ever since William James, psychologists of religion have studied the varieties of religious experience, such as mysticism, ecstasy, talking in tongues, exorcism, etc. Similarly, biologists have postulated a role for religious beliefs and practices in the evolutionary process and their possible adaptive/survival...
Religions
May 9, 2023
Giulio Osto
1 citation
Pietro Rossano was an important protagonist of interreligious dialogue in the 20th century, serving for more than twenty years in the Vatican office in charge of this field. His experience and writings show how dialogue has many anthropological and theological dimensions and, because we are talking about an event between religious people, dialogue also has a mystical dimension. Rossano was very...
May 8, 2023
Iryana Mosina, Pascal Michael
3 citations
preprint
The present research study investigated the phenomenon of recreational use of psychedelics at music festivals, analysing whether the resulting experiences could possibly be recognized as valuable in terms of preventive mental health strategies. Quantitative (online survey) and qualitative (interviews) research methods have been combined to illuminate 3 main topics: motivation for the setting...
Religions
May 6, 2023
Shanshan Ma
4 citations
From the perspective of mysticism, the interpretation of zuowang 坐忘 as the breath-meditation technique with a transcendental goal establishes the religious basis of Zhuangzi’s cultivation. In contrast, most Chinese scholars argue instead that zuowang is primarily the mental state independent of meditative techniques, and that the techniques are devoid of philosophical significance. The pivot of...
Research Square
May 5, 2023
Nargess Rahnama, Gholamreza Malek Zadeh, Mohammad Moshtari
preprint
Background: The present study aims to investigate whether and how mindfulness leads to the flow experience in high-pressure situations during the coronavirus pandemic peak, especially in high-risk, challenging contexts such as emergencies. So, the authors aim to expand existing knowledge about experiencing flow at work, specifically in the crisis context of the COVID-19 period, when challenges...
European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
May 1, 2023
Meghan Good, Zelah Joel, Tiffanie Benway et al.
54 citations
N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a psychedelic compound under development for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). This study evaluated the preclinical and clinical pharmacokinetics and metabolism of DMT in healthy subjects. The physiochemical properties of DMT were determined using a series of in vitro experiments and its metabolic profile was assessed using monoamine oxidase (MAO)...