Quaestio Rossica
June 21, 2021
Плеханова Ирина Иннокентьевна
This article examines the evolution of “mystical discourse” in the literature on the Great Patriotic War from 1941 to 2008. It analyses the content of ideas about the participation of supernatural principles in people’s relations and in the fate of peoples in different historical conditions. The author reveals the gnoseological potential and socio-cultural mission of irrational knowledge that...
Di-san junyi daxue xuebao
June 18, 2021
LU Fang, XU Yuanyuan, YU Yongju et al.
Objective To investigate the level of emotional exhaustion and its relationship with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in intensive care unit (ICU) nurses and explore the moderating effects of mindfulness. Methods From March, 2016 to April 2017, we conducted a survey of the levels of emotional exhaustion, mindfulness, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among 500...
JMIR Research Protocols
June 16, 2021
H. Mansell, D. Quinn, L. Kelly et al.
Background Despite the lack of evidence on the use of cannabis for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the growing perception that cannabis is safe has led more patients and caregivers to self-medicate. Some psychiatrists now authorize medicinal cannabis for patients with ADHD with features of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) to curtail the unregulated (ie,...
The Oxford Handbook of Divine Revelation
June 9, 2021
Gregory Shushan
Abstract Accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs) across cultures often include claims of encounters with deities or spirits who impart information to the experiencer. Other accounts involve the experiencer obtaining knowledge by other means, without the assistance of a non-human supernatural being. While some cases involve deceased relatives, the most significant factor in others might be the...
San Antonio Review
June 9, 2021
Peter Berard
Reading (well, listening to) this book, appropriately enough given its content and tone, was an experience. Historian of religions Erik Davis landed this book right into two registers that produce very different emotional responses for me. One register is that of chewy, involved, critical intellectual history, a happy place for me, somewhere I feel both welcomed and challenged. The other...
Icoana Credintei
June 6, 2021
Alexandru-Corneliu Arion
As a prominent Church father, mystical theologian and incisive polemicist, St. Gregory Palamas has realized a «Summa Theologica» of his epoch, but one that has surpassed not only the thinking of contemporaries, but remained, to this day, a synthesis of philosophical and theological knowledge, at least for the Eastern Christianity. He pointed out with clarity the independence of theology from...
Psychotherapy Research
June 2, 2021
Simon B. Goldberg, Sin U Lam, Willoughby B. Britton et al.
110 citations
OBJECTIVE: Meditation practice and meditation-based psychotherapies have become increasingly popular. Although psychological benefits associated with meditation are well-documented, potential risks are unclear. METHOD: We conducted a population-based survey to evaluate the occurrence of a broad range of meditation-related adverse effects (MRAE). RESULTS: Nine hundred and fifty three...
Journal of Cell Science
June 1, 2021
Tom Seaver: Hey Yogi, what time is it?Yogi Berra: You mean now?Everyone knows this: If you drop something yummy, like a chocolate fudge brownie, on the floor, the nasty floor microbes gather around it, hovering, for precisely three seconds before storming in. This is why you can pick it up and eat it if less than three seconds have elapsed. How the microbes know to wait precisely three seconds...
XLinguae
June 1, 2021
T. Bak, A. Larionova, Nina I. Kryukova et al.
The article offers new insights into the mystical philosophy of Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky (1882-1943) and Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (1853-1900). Our critical analysis consists of examining the main topics of intellectual disputes in the 20th century many of which pertained the place of Sophiology in Russian philosophical thinking. Florensky’s and Solovyov’s philosophical legacies are...
Modern Drama
June 1, 2021
Daniel Larlham
abstract:Throughout his literary career, the poet and dramatist W.B. Yeats displayed a keen interest in the phenomenology of the mental image as well as a deep curiosity about the possible mystical functions of the imagination. This article examines the impact of Yeats's evolving set of beliefs about the power of imaginative vision, including those derived from readings in occult philosophy and...