International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
October 10, 2026
Biplab Das, L. Mallick, S. Adhikari
The Baul community represents one of Bengal’s distinctive folk-cultural and spiritual traditions and has historically held a significant place in the social and cultural life of rural Bengal. Although Bauls are widely recognized for their music and mystical philosophy, their contribution extends beyond artistic expression to questions of social equality, human dignity, inter-religious...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 7, 2026
Qiao Ou
preprint
Sync × Coverage: A Cross-Dataset EEG Signature for Deep Meditative States Author: Qiao Ou (ORCID 0009-0008-4540-1381)Date: 2026-10-08Version: 1.0 --- Abstract We report a two-dimensional EEG signature — Sync × Coverage — that separates deep meditative states from sleep, anesthesia, and disorders of consciousness. The signature is validated across six independent public datasets totaling 328...
International Humanitarian University Herald. Philology
October 6, 2026
I. V. Davydenko, I. M. Lavrinenko, Ya. M. Litovchenko
he article examines the cross-cultural conceptualization of transformative states of consciousness from a cognitive-linguistic perspective. The study focuses on five concepts ENLIGHTENMENT, AWAKENING, BODHI, NIRVANA, and MOKSHA selected for their relevance to philosophical and religious discourse. The research material comprises lexicographic sources, philosophical and religious texts, and...
al-Urwatul Wutsqo Jurnal Ilmu Keislaman dan Pendidikan
October 5, 2026
Saepul Rizal, Nurul Khoirunnisa, Irawati Rahayu et al.
Islamic epistemology has distinctive characteristics compared to modern epistemology, which often separates knowledge acquisition from moral and spiritual dimensions. In Islamic intellectual tradition, knowledge is not merely understood as cognitive activity but also as a process of human spiritual and ethical transformation. Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (450–505 H/1058–1111 M) is among the most...
Applied Nursing Research
October 5, 2026
Stéphane Pasquet, Anne Wojtanowski, Estelle Michinov
Aim To evaluate the effects of virtual reality hypnosis (VRH) on psychological restoration, stress, and workplace well-being among neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses. Design A 6-week randomized controlled trial with a mixed-methods evaluation. Methods Forty-one NICU nurses were randomly assigned to a VRH intervention group (n = 22) or an active control group (n = 19). Emotional state,...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 5, 2026
Βασίλειος Μελετιάδης
preprint
Chaos Magic is a new religious movement whose development is primarily connected to the city of Leeds, UK in the late 1970s. It was the brainchild of two unknown at the time occultists, Ray Sherwin and Peter Carroll, who, being inspired by an array of figures and movements that included Aleister Crowley, Austin Osman Spare, Robert Anton Wilson and the new religious movement Discordianism, went...
medRxiv
October 5, 2026
Praachi Tiwari, Sandeep M. Nayak, Nathan D. Sepeda et al.
preprint
Importance: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has a 2% global prevalence, but only about 50% of patients respond to conventional treatment, underscoring the need for additional effective interventions. Objective: To assess the feasibility, safety, and preliminary evidence for efficacy of repeated psilocybin administration in OCD patients who had previously attempted psychotherapy or...
Interpretextos revista semestral de creación y divulgación de las humanidades .
October 2, 2026
Afhit Hernández Villalba
This paper analyzes the presence of a mystical intuition in the early poetry of Elsa Cross, particularly in the books Amor el más oscuro (1966) and La dama de la torre (1969–1970), written before the spiritual experience the author underwent in India that would later shape her work. Drawing on Evelyn Underhill’s reflections on mysticism, this study proposes that the search for an absolute truth...
Stanford Humanities Center
October 2, 2026
Marie Huber
Gardens abound in the Persian poetic imaginary and have been the site of symbolic overdetermination for more than a thousand years. Unlike the classical gardens of (other)wordly desire, however, there is a garden that resists domestication to the allegorical order: the stone garden is no self-contained utopia onto which our own longing for shelter from hostile forces can be projected. Instead,...
Chronic Stress
October 1, 2026
Alan K. Davis, Nathan D. Sepeda, Stacey B. Armstrong et al.
Background/Objectives Retrospective survey and clinical chart review studies have demonstrated the real-world effectiveness of ibogaine and 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) in addressing a range of mental health challenges among military Veterans in the United States (US), but no prospective research study has examined safety and effectiveness in this population. Design/Methods We...