Scientia
September 30, 2021
Sheldon Tabile
The paper, as reflected in the title, uses the method of phenomenology in investigating interiorization in spirituality. The project is carried out as it investigates the 98 appearances of interiorization in Dictionaire de Spiritualite and 33 appearances of interiorization and related words in Kees Waajman’s Spirituality: Forms, Foundations, and Methods. The description of these appearances...
Суицидология
September 27, 2021
А.р. Озкан
В статье на основе эпидемиологических и качественных (самоописания) данных с иллюстрациями из нонфикшн и художественной литературы и кинематографа серия случаев суицидального кризиса и незавершённого суицида представлена как континуум состояний измененного сознания с мистико -религиозным содержанием в жизнеопасных условиях с постсуицидальными состояниями по типу «новой жизни».Ключевые слова:...
Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne
September 27, 2021
Marek Dobrzeniecki
1 citation
Early analytic philosophy is known for its logical rigor that seems to leave no place for non-rational sources of knowledge such as mystical experiences. The following paper shows on the example of Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein that despite of this early analytic philosophy was interested in mysticism and it also shows the roots of this interest. For Russell an application of logical...
European Psychologist
September 17, 2021
Matthias Forstmann, Christina Sagioglou
6 citations
Abstract. After decades of stagnation, research on psychedelic substances (such as lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD], psilocybin, or N,N-dimethyltryptamine [DMT]) has experienced a renaissance over the last 10 years, with various major research programs being conducted across Europe and the United States. This research primarily investigates the potential of psychedelics in the treatment of...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
September 9, 2021
Marcelo Trombka, Timothy B. Creedon, Marcelo Demarzo et al.
14 citations
Background: Portuguese-speaking immigrants are a growing underserved population in the Unites States who experience high levels of psychological distress and increased vulnerability to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety. Current evidence shows that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are effective to promote physical and mental health among educated English speakers;...
Religions
September 6, 2021
Vassilios Adrahtas
This article is about the most important Turkish Sufi poet and, more specifically, about the presence and the pragmatics of ‘the Feminine’ in his experience—inasmuch as the latter is reflected in his work. To be sure, this is a case study, in the sense that it aspires to provide only an idea as to how ‘the Feminine’ pervades Sufi hierophanics/religion, and also in the sense that it does not...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
September 6, 2021
Elena Argento, Devon Christie, Lindsay Mackay et al.
12 citations
The COVID-19 pandemic stands to have impacts on mental health and well-being that will extend beyond its formal resolution. Before COVID-19, mental health disorders were already challenging global healthcare systems, directly accounting for 7.4% of the total burden of disease (1, 2). An estimated 1 billion people worldwide suffer from a mental health disorder, with the two most common...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
September 1, 2021
Alan K. Davis, Gabrielle Agin-Liebes, Megan España et al.
103 citations
Psychologists are a vital component of mental health treatment and their perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy are critical for future implementation. This cross-sectional quasi-experimental electronic survey study explored the attitudes about psychedelics used in treatment among 366 clinical psychologists in the United States. Participants expressed cautiously favorable attitudes toward...
Religions
August 26, 2021
Amber Bowen
The task of ethicists, philosophers, and theologians to restore the dignity of human labor and vocation in a (post)industrial, techno-driven society is motivated by an often unacknowledged concern to restore the underlying spirituality of the human experience of work. Due to its ability to interrogate the range of givenness in human experience, phenomenology is a method particularly suited to...
Religions
August 26, 2021
Bianca J. Smith
This article is a feminist ethnographic exploration of how ‘indigenous’ notions of a ‘sacred feminine’ shape Sufi praxis on the island of Lombok in the eastern part of Indonesia in Southeast Asia. I demonstrate through long-term immersive anthropological fieldwork how in her indigenous form as Dewi Anjani ‘Spirit Queen of Jinn’ and as ‘Holy Saint of Allah’ who rules Lombok from Mount Rinjani,...