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Journal of Near-Death Studies 2003 James Fadiman, J. Gruber
Review of the book "DMT: The Spirit Molecule. A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences" written by Rick Strassman, a professor at a school of medicine.
Journal of Near-Death Studies 2003 James Fadiman, Jordan Gruber 1 citation
Review of the book "DMT: The Spirit Molecule. A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences" written by Rick Strassman, a professor at a school of medicine.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs September 1, 2002 Neil F. Goodman 30 citations
This article aims to explore, through established scientific research and documented accounts of personal experience, the similarities between religious mystical experiences and some effects of D-lysergic diethylamide or LSD. LSD predominantly works upon the serotonergic (serotonin-using neurons) diffuse neuromodulatory system, which projects its axons to virtually all areas of the brain...
The Sport Psychologist March 1, 2000 Daniel B. Hollander, Edmund O. Acevedo
The unique experience of swimming the English Channel is a test of mind and body to overcome multiple challenges. The purpose of this study was to examine psychological characteristics and reflective meanings of these swimmers. Eight English Channel swimmers were interviewed. Inductive and deductive analyses compared interviews and interpretations with the coinvestigator and swimmers. Themes...
The Journal of Religion 2000 Rik Van Nieuwenhove
Denys Turner's excellent study The Darkness of God has focused the attention of scholars of Western spirituality on the Neoplatonic discourse of medieval mystical theologians.' Turner argues that their descriptions of the union between God and man should not be read in experiential terms but in the light of a Neoplatonic discourse that contains the resources for an implicit critique of an...
New directions for mental health services 2000 A Siebert
A clinical psychologist reveals how a breakthrough, transformational experience was perceived as a schizophrenic breakdown and led to his being placed on the back ward of a VA psychiatric hospital.
1999 Michael A. Thaibourne, P. Delin
In a previous article (Thalbourne & Delin, 1994), evidence was presented that there exists a common thread underlying creative personality, mystical experience, psychopathology (both schizotypal and manic-depressive), and belief in the paranor- mal. This common factor was named rransliminality and was tentatively defined as a largely involuntary susceptibility to, and awareness of, large...
Advances in mind-body medicine 1999 T B Roberts 6 citations
Daily events that boost the immune system (as indicated by levels of salivary immunoglobulin A), some instances of spontaneous remission, and mystical experiences seem to share a similar cluster of thoughts, feelings, moods, perceptions, and behaviors. Entheogens--psychedelic drugs used in a religious context--can also produce mystical experiences (peak experiences, states of unitive...
The Innate Capacity December 4, 1997 G William Barnard
Abstract SEVERAL DECADES AGO, Western philosophers of religion frequently claimed that mystical experiences were the result of direct contact with an undefined, but usually vaguely Christian, Ultimate Reality. In recent years, however, a significant philosophical shift has taken place. In most contemporary philosophical discussions of mysticism, it is now almost axiomatic that mystical...
Perceptual and Motor Skills June 1997 Gayle Privette, K K Hwang, Charles M. Bundrick
To compare Taiwanese and Americans on selected experiential personality dimensions, the Experience Questionnaire was translated and tested with 27 Taiwanese in an American university. Descriptions by 129 Taiwanese of peak performance, peak experience, misery, failure, sport, and average events were compared with those made by 123 Americans. Analysis of variance with repeated measures of factors...