International Journal of Indian Psychology
June 25, 2020
Swati Tickoo
Mystical experience is a fundamental category of human experience which psychologically speaking manifests itself whenever consciousness is not yet or no longer effectively centered around the ego. This involves disintegration and a remolding of a fragmented self, which is an inherently difficult yet eventually enriching process that molds the personality and life into a whole. In the present...
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
June 23, 2020
M. Nel
10 citations
Western academic theology do not succeed in accounting for the identity and faith culture of African Pentecostals for at least two reasons. In the first place, because as part of the Pentecostal movement it grew from the holiness, divine healing and revivalist movement that went back to Pietism and emphasised a holistic effective spirituality, and secondly, because it links with the holistic...
Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental
June 23, 2020
Edward James, Thomas L Robertshaw, Mathew Hoskins et al.
29 citations
Abstract Objective Research into psychedelic therapy models has shown promise for the treatment of specific psychiatric conditions. Mystical‐type experiences occasioned by psilocybin have been correlated with therapeutic benefits and long‐term improvements in positive mental outlook and attitudes. This article aims to provide an overview of the topic, highlight strengths and weaknesses in...
AUC THEOLOGICA
June 18, 2020
K. Majerova
The German Protestant theologian Dorothee Sölle, who came with the central ideas of relationship and reciprocity in the context of feminist liberation theology, accentuates what is known as the mysticism democratisation project. Within the framework of the project of the democratisation of mysticism, mystical sensitivity as a human constant that all people have without difference is thematised....
Religions
June 12, 2020
Elsa Lau, Clayton H. Mcclintock, Marianna Graziosi et al.
This study investigates the lived-experience of spiritual life in contemporary USA, India, and China. A qualitative coding frame was constructed based on participant responses to open-ended questions regarding spirituality. Qualitative analysis was facilitated by the use of Dedoose, a mixed methods software. The exploratory approach of this study takes on a cross-culturally comparative lens,...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
June 11, 2020
Tim Hirschfeld, Timo Torsten Schmidt
8 citations
preprint
Abstract Psilocybin is the active component of magic mushrooms and is well known for its psychoactive properties. Different questionnaires have been developed to systematically quantify altered states of consciousness induced by psychoactive drugs. The aim of this study was to obtain the dose-response relationships of the subjective experiences induced by psilocybin in healthy study...
June 10, 2020
S. Joseph
The categorical identification of the historical Jesus continues to be a central challenge in Jesus Research yet the identification of the historical Jesus as a first-century Jewish mystic has long been a popular topic among Western esotericists, Christian mystics, contemporary New Age authors, and some biblical scholars. Taking a critical look at the category and study of mysticism in Jesus...
Russian Journal of Church History
June 7, 2020
Y. Rodionova
2 citations
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هنر اسلامی
May 27, 2020
Gholamhossein Khammar, Habib Jadidolislami, Mustafa Salari
One of the fundamental changes that have taken place in the last two decades in the study and analysis of artworks, especially poetry, is the utilization of psychological knowledge gains. Among the many facets of this knowledge, the school of humanistic psychology is of particular importance because it describes positive human components and provides a superior model of humankind and its...
International Journal of Computer Applications
May 15, 2020
Yogender Singh, Mukesh Bansal, Lakshay Aggarwal et al.
Across all cultures and traditions, people describe spirituality as a dimension of experience that goes beyond the obvious way of perceiving reality as made up of separate physical objects. Buddhism talks about no-self or emptiness, while the Yogic tradition talks about true self or fullness. Abrahamic religions talk about the Creator or the Ground of Being. “Non-religious but spiritual” people...