International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
September 1, 2018
Harry T. Hunt
This is the second part of a consideration of the later Wilhelm Reich as anticipating a future planetary-wide “New Age” form of this-worldly spirituality in ways overlapping with figures from the same era of Western crisis from the 1930s through the 1950s, including Jung, Toynbee, Bergson, Heidegger, Teilhard de Chardin, and Simone Weil. Where the first part of this treatment of Reich as...
Pelícano
August 28, 2018
Rayiv David Torres Sánchez
White ecstasy and the writing of history on Michel de CerteauResumenEste artículo se propone ilustrar algunos paradigmas compartidos entre la experiencia mística y la escritura de la historia a la luz del pensamiento y la obra de Michel de Certeau. El curso de la exposición nos arroja a la posibilidad de que subsista no sólo una experiencia de la escritura asociada a la alteridad desde el siglo...
EDUCULTURAL International Journal of Education Culture and Humanities
August 21, 2018
Bastian Zulyeno
Persian literature has been developing since hundreds of years BC, this can be seen from the Zoroastrian or "Avesta" holy books. This book contains mostly about the praise and greatness of the Lord "Ahuramazda" written in the form of poetry. The name Avesta itself comes from the name of the writing and the language used in this book, therefore the researchers named this holy book with the name...
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
August 17, 2018
Diana S. Cortes, Michael Skragge, Lillian Döllinger et al.
6 citations
Intranasal oxytocin (OT) has previously been found to increase spirituality, an effect moderated by OT-related genotypes. This pre-registered study sought to conceptually replicate and extend those findings. Using a single dose of intranasal OT vs placebo (PL), we investigated experimental treatment effects, and moderation by OT-related genotypes on spirituality, mystical experiences, and the...
Frontiers in Psychology
August 15, 2018
Christopher Timmermann, Leor Roseman, L. Williams et al.
228 citations
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are complex subjective experiences, which have been previously associated with the psychedelic experience and more specifically with the experience induced by the potent serotonergic, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Potential similarities between both subjective states have been noted previously, including the subjective feeling of transcending one's body and...
August 13, 2018
Marcio Simao de Vasconcellos
This thesis seeks to relate Christian mystique, which is the foundation of theology itself, and fantastic literature comprising this as a place of both theology and mystical experience.We affirm, therefore, that the fantastic literature constitutes a form of expression of the Christian mystique.What is common in the definitions of these concepts is the dimension of the mystery they both...
Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira
August 10, 2018
Faustino Luiz Couto Teixeira
Síntese: No panorama ocidental da mística cristã, Teresa de Ávila (1515-1582) emerge como um dos mais vivos e ricos exemplos de itinerário espiritual. É com ela e João da Cruz que a mística nupcial ganha sua culminância, com uma riqueza simbólica e doutrinal extremamente fértil. Foi também alguém que consagrou a análise psicológica da experiência mística, fornecendo um rico manancial para a...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
August 8, 2018
Logan Neitzke-Spruill, Carol Glasser
27 citations
Psychedelic drugs, or entheogens, have been used for religious purposes among various cultures for thousands of years. Recently, these substances have caught the attention of Westerners for many reasons, including their propensity to induce mystical experiences. This study examined the relationship between religion and having mystical experiences. A total of 119 participants were drawn from...
Kontemplasi Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin
August 1, 2018
Fatimatuz Zahro
Islam offers an achievement of the perfection of the soul through the path of mysticism (Sufism). This tradition is known as Sufism. Unfortunately that mystical experience is not much experienced by women. Women are placed in the second class, not only in matters of formal law (sharia), but also in terms of spirituality. Such lameness situation is the effect of patriarchism. Based on this...
Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute
August 1, 2018
David W. Orme-Johnson, Lee Fergusson
12 citations
World peace is the urgent goal of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s revival of the consciousness-based technologies of ancient Vedic India. Towards this end, Maharishi created a worldwide organisation, founded universities in several countries, and trained over 20,000 teachers of the Transcendental Meditation technique who in turn have taught it to approximately ten million people, which for five decades...