Kierkegaard Studies
August 11, 2021
C. Thompson
Abstract This article examines three early writings of Hans L. Martensen, Søren Kierkegaard’s teacher and the target of his criticisms. The writings focus respectively on self-consciousness, mysticism, and freedom. They each make important claims about religion, and together they disclose the young Martensen’s systematic understanding of the epistemological, mystical, and moral-ethical...
Philosophy of Psychedelics
August 1, 2021
Chris Letheby
This Introduction outlines the central focus of Philosophy of Psychedelics: the therapeutic use of psychedelics in psychiatry and its apparent conflict with philosophical naturalism. The chapter briefly describes recent findings that controlled psychedelic administration can have lasting psychological benefits for healthy subjects and for psychiatric patients. It then cites evidence that these...
Oxford University Press eBooks
August 1, 2021
Chris Letheby
Philosophy of Psychedelics is the first scholarly monograph in English devoted to the philosophical analysis of psychedelic drugs. Its central focus is the apparent conflict between the growing use of psychedelics in psychiatry and the philosophical worldview of naturalism, which holds that the natural world is all that exists. The book reviews scientific evidence that psychedelics such as...
Philosophy of Psychedelics
August 1, 2021
Chris Letheby
1 citation
‘On the need for a natural philosophy of psychedelics’ provides a brief overview of the history of psychedelics in science and psychiatry, and a detailed review of recent evidence for their therapeutic and transformative efficacy. The chapter reviews clinical trials showing that one or two controlled psychedelic experiences can durably reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and addiction, and...
Philosophy of Psychedelics
August 1, 2021
Chris Letheby
2 citations
‘The mechanisms of psychedelic therapy’ presents arguments against three theories of psychedelic therapy. The Molecular Neuroplasticity Theory ascribes therapeutic benefits to an experience-independent molecular mechanism. This theory is undermined by the correlation between ‘mystical-type experiences’ and beneficial outcomes, which suggests that genuinely psychological mechanisms are involved....
Theology and praxis
July 30, 2021
Kang-Hack Lee
The research on mysticism in Protestant spiritualities is still in the beginning stage. In this paper, I have examined the process of Thomas Uphams' appropriation of Madame Guyon's mysticism and some concerns in the interpretation on mystical experiences. Phoebe Palmer guided Upham to have spiritual experiences starting from conversion and assessed them as a model case of experiencing entire...
Psikologia. Jurnal psikologi
July 26, 2021
Yunus Brahmana Putra, R. Dewanti
This research is motivated by the phenomenon of members of the Indonesian National Martial Arts Academy Perisai Diri unit SMP X Sidoarjo who experience problems with their emotional regulation abilities. One way that can be used to improve the ability to regulate emotions is to practice meditation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of meditation in increasing the ability to...
JOGED
July 26, 2021
Fetri Ana Rachmawati
ABSTRAKPengalaman sebagai penderita Possession Syndrome yang diderita penulis dijadikan dasar permasalahan dalam karya tari ini. Melalui metode riset kualitatif yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan hasil riset tentang possession syndrom yang berada di sekitar lingkungan penulis. Kemudian berlanjut ketahap penentuan tema, judul, dan proses penciptaan. Tema yang dipilih untuk karya tari ini yakni...
July 24, 2021
Heinz Streib, Zhuo Job Chen
preprint
How are mystical experiences related to self-rated spirituality? Is the recently developed short 8-item version of Hood’s (1975) Mysticism Scale an efficient measurement? The current study expands evidence for both questions using N = 1,582 American and N = 1,492 German samples measured in three waves, average 4 to 5 years apart. Results show that the 8-item brief M-Scale has good psychometric...
ادبیات عرفانی
July 24, 2021
Ramin Moharrami, Soraiya Karimi Younjali
Applying descriptive-analytical research method, the present study critiques and analyzes Ibn-e Bazaz Ardabili’sSafvat al-Safa based on the mythical view of Mircea Eliade. From the perspective of Eliade, myth is the most important from of real, sacred, and communal thinking and for this reason it is exemplary and repeatable. In myth, the hero achieves trans-human conditions by transforming the...