Philosophy East and West
April 1, 2023
Anantanand Rambachan
Reviewed by: Swami Vivekananda's Vedāntic Cosmopolitanism by Swami Medhananda Anantanand Rambachan (bio) Swami Vivekananda's Vedāntic Cosmopolitanism. By Swami Medhananda. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. xv + 412. Hardcover $99.00, isbn 978-0-197624-46-3. As a young man, Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), founder of the Ramakrishna Mission, addressed a direct question to the teachers...
Journal of Religion & Film
April 1, 2023
Rebecca Makas
Abstract This article explores the implicit theory of mysticism in Ciro Guerra’s 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent (Sp. El abrazo de la serpiente). While many theories of mysticism argue that true mystical experience is unmediated and, therefore, universal, Guerra makes a more provocative statement in the film. He depicts two Westerners’ attempts to have an entheogenic mystical experience in...
Mindfulness
April 1, 2023
Charlotta Simonsson, Richard Chambers, Peter S. Hendricks et al.
15 citations
Previous research has investigated potential synergies between classic psychedelics and meditation practice, but relatively little remains known about the relationship between classic psychedelic experiences and engagement with meditation practice.The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between classic psychedelic experiences and engagement with two popular types of...
Religious Studies
March 31, 2023
Thomas Williams
Abstract Given that the more apophatic strand of mysticism resonates more with the way contemporary philosophers are apt to think about mystical experience, the fact that apophatic mysticism was a bit of a fringe enterprise in the Middle Ages calls for explanation. The explanations that are suggested within the pages of Christina Van Dyke's A Hidden Wisdom are not typically...
Naomi Mitchison
March 31, 2023
Imogen Woodberry
This chapter examines ideas of socialist self-fashioning in Naomi Mitchison’s work, arguing that she is symptomatic of a tendency within interwar progressive politics that connected social reform with the cultivation of the self. The first part traces her involvement with the public intellectual Gerald Heard, examining the way in which she was influenced by his ideas of the need to expand human...
Solov’evskie issledovaniya
March 31, 2023
K. Landa
1 citation
The themes of spiritual ascension and mystical ecstasy in V. Ivanov, which occupy a pivotal place in his literary production, have been recently examined by M. Tsimborska-Leboda in the context of Augustine's theology and by V. Mahlin in the context of Bakhtin's analysis of Dostoevsky's works. The theme of ecstasy has also been considered by Pamela Davidson in her 1989 monograph. The present...
Frontiers in Psychology
March 31, 2023
Peter Sjöstedt-hughes
54 citations
The essential proposal of this text is that psychedelic-induced metaphysical experiences should be integrated and evaluated with recourse to metaphysics. It will be argued that there is a potential extra benefit to patients in psychedelic-assisted therapy if they are provided with an optional, additional, and intelligible schema and discussion of metaphysical options at the integrative phase of...
March 30, 2023
Christopher Rinderle
In this work I take on one of the most axiomatic assumptions humans possess. The sense of self is embedded so deeply inside each one of us that to question it seems utterly ridiculous. Fortunately, I do not outright reject the notion of selfhood. I investigate what it is and is not through multiple angles – ancient and contemporary – which leads to investigations of free will and...
Folia Pharmacologica Japonica
March 28, 2023
Daisuke Ibi
1 citation
Major depressive disorder presents a substantial global health burden, and at least 30-40% of patients exhibit treatment resistance to antidepressants. Ketamine, an NMDA receptor antagonist, is used as an anesthetic agent. In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved esketamine (the S-enantiomer of ketamine) as a therapeutic agent for treatment-resistant depression; however,...
Interpretation A Journal of Bible and Theology
March 22, 2023
Diana L. Villegas
1 citation
Mysticism and spirituality have acquired broad, interdisciplinary meanings. In this essay I return to the early Christian origins of mysticism to understand the meaning of this experience as a dimension of Christian spirituality. After addressing definitions of spirituality in our pluralistic culture, I argue that mysticism should be an essential part of Christian spirituality.