Transpersonal Psychology Review
2020
Charles D. Laughlin, Adam J. Rock
This essay provides an anthropological account of a neuroepistemological account of mystical experience. We commence by outlining the various qualities of mystical experience (e.g. time-consciousness and space-consciousness distortion). Subsequently, we analyse the epistemology of mystical experience with special reference to the constructivist versus decontextualist debate. Next, we formulate...
Religion and Theology
2020
Puiu Ionita
Mysticism is a way of knowing, but one based solely on experience. It is basically knowledge through love. Although religions have visible differences, mysticism is only one. The yogi and the Kabbalah worshiper, the Sufi, the hesychast and the Western mystical, all go through the same route, have the same behaviour and follow the same purpose. In contrast to other ways of knowing, the mystical...
Transpersonal Psychology Review
2020
Freya Harrild, David Luke
9 citations
This paper explores both transpersonal psychology and ecopsychology individually and in conjunction, followed by an inspection of their relationship with mystical experiences and the impact of these within a transpersonal ecopsychological context. Specifically, nature as a trigger for such experiences is examined, alongside an analysis of the effect of these nature mystical experiences on an...
2020
Alberto Dubbini, Jacques Mabit, Matteo Politi
Objetivo. Este artículo tiene como objetivo ofrecer una descripción general del papel de la espiritualidad, de la fe y de las experiencias místicas en el tratamiento de los trastornos por uso de sustancias (TUS) presentando el caso de la comunidad terapéutica Takiwasi, donde se utilizan plantas psicoactivas, y considerando otras terapias pertenecientes a las medicinas complementarias y...
December 31, 2019
Muhammad Imran, M. Hussain
The relationship between psychology and mysticism has gained a great deal of currency over the years. Various psychological models have provided theoretical foundations allowing the researchers to grasp profound varieties and nuances in mystical experiences across cultures and religious traditions. This has, in fact, broadened the canvass for mystical studies. The current paper attempts to...
Doxa
December 9, 2019
لیلا حیدری
The article contains the result of the comparative analysis of henological and mystical texts. This paper considers «The One» category in its relationship with a mystical experience. The author raises the question of finding a strategy for more complete understanding of the meaning of «The One» category when working with mystical text. This work considers mystical text as a text that...
Alfuad: Jurnal Sosial Keagamaan
December 6, 2019
Athoillah Islamy
This study aims to find the correlation of motivation, behavior and spiritual peak experience in the view of Islamic psychology. This type of research, namely qualitative research in the form of literature study. The primary data source of this research, namely the theory of hierarchy of human basic needs from Abraham Maslow. Meanwhile, secondary research data sources, namely various other...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2019
Abdulla Galadari
AbstractA comparison between Muḥammad and Siddhārtha's psychological states is made to identify how they had their mystical experiences and how their presuppositions and personalities shaped their interpretation of these experiences. Muḥammad's mystical experience appeared to be based on an altered state of consciousness. Siddhārtha's teachings include that one must not have blind faith and...
METAFIZIKA International Journal of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies
June 15, 2019
S. M. Madani
ایآ یزاسریوصت قِیرط زا طقف ایآ ؟تسا یلقع و یسح تاکاردا ،تقیقح تخانش هار اهنت یاه یم یموهفم تسد ؟درک رارقرب طابترا دوخ نوماریپ اب ناوت گنهرف و نایدا رد نافراع مک رب نوگانوگ یاه نآ ار نآ هک یرگید ریسم زا هک دنا « ینافرع هبرجت » یم او تقیقح فشک هب ،دنمان یهاگآ هب و هدش لص یا فرژ رت هدرتسگ و یهاگآ زا رت هتفای تسد یرشب دوهعم یاه تضایر .دنا ات زابرید زا ،ناکلاس هک ییاه تنس رتسب رد و ،زورما هدرک لمحت...
Balkan Journal of Philosophy
May 13, 2019
P. Dimkov
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky is one of the best Russian novelists. It is also known that he had been suffering from epilepsy―one can find many descriptions of this particular condition in Dostoevsky’s novels. These writings are most probably based on his personal experience. There are numerous neurological hypotheses about the type of epilepsy with which Dostoevsky suffered, the most...