Journal of Religion & Film
October 1, 2026
Hessam Abedini
This article examines how documentary film attempts to represent mystical experience through comparative analysis of Parviz Kimiavi's The Garden of Stones (1976) and American documentaries featuring Samuel Lewis, particularly Sunseed (1973). Rather than assuming terms like "sacred" or "authentic," the study grounds its analysis in empirical definitions from William James, historical scholarship...
Brain and Behavior
October 2026
Ruiqi Rachel Luo, David J. Berlowitz, Alexander Bryson et al.
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring classic psychedelic associated with widespread changes in brain function and promising therapeutic outcomes in several neuropsychiatric disorders. Complementing these findings, qualitative studies following psilocybin administration have revealed diverse and highly individual effects across multiple domains of subjective experience. However, little is known...
Psychedelics
October 1, 2026
Lorenzo Miller, Cordelia Kuiper Rauch, Keren Chen et al.
Background Psilocybin-assisted therapy has shown robust antidepressant effects among individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD); however, mechanisms of the treatment remain unclear. Depression has been associated with diminished feelings of connectedness to oneself, others, and the world, and psilocybin is thought to facilitate connectedness. This analysis of an open-label trial of...
Epilepsy & Behavior
October 1, 2026
Karina N Tassiopoulos, Karen Bax, Klajdi Puka et al.
Children with epilepsy (CWE) often experience poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and family environment plays a central role in how CWE cope with challenges. Our aim was to evaluate the feasibility of delivering a family-based mindfulness program (Making Mindfulness Matter©, M3©) synchronously online for CWE and their parents, to support families facing HRQOL-related challenges. This...
Journal of Consciousness Studies
October 1, 2026
Adam Greif, Gabriela Bezáková
Psychedelic-assisted therapy occasions mystical experiences and their intensity often predicts therapeutic outcomes. Owing to their spiritual import, psychedelics have been linked to supernatural thinking, religions, and cults. Several authors within the psychedelic field argue these associations render the field scientifically and ethically questionable, with some calling for the ‘mystical...
rast müzikoloji dergisi
September 30, 2026
I. Sejati, S. Sunarto, Robby Habiba Abror et al.
Sufi aesthetics in the Mevlevi tradition and Mataram Court art illuminate a deep interconnection between spiritual consciousness and artistic expression, underscoring how mystical ideas are transformed into aesthetic experiences through sound, movement, and symbolism. The Mevlevi order, inspired by Jalal al-Din Rumi’s Mathnawi, embodies a synthesis of poetry, music, and ritual performance to...
The World of the Orient
September 30, 2026
П. Н. Николаев
The publication presents the Ukrainian translation of Chapter 3 of the fourth part of the Zen-no kenkyū (Investigation of the Good) by Nishida Kitaro, a prominent Japanese philosopher of the 20th century. The chapter is devoted to the concept of God. Nishida defines God as the basis of the Universe. He rejects creationism: the Universe is not God’s creation, but His manifestation. God is a...
Academic Visions
September 30, 2026
Христина Михайлівна Хвойницька-Перейма
The article provides a comprehensive philosophical and psychological analysis of transpersonal psychology as an approach to the study of human consciousness, boundary forms of human experience, and the possibilities of personal transformation. The historical prerequisites for the emergence of transpersonal psychology are examined in the context of humanistic psychology, research on altered...
September 30, 2026
İsa Yalçın, Aysun Özveren
This study addresses the relationship between neurotheology and mystical thought through the neurobiological foundations and meaning dimensions of religious and spiritual experiences. The point of departure of the research is the question of whether religious experiences can be explained solely by brain processes and to what extent the meaning they carry can be comprehended within the framework...
Frontiers in Pharmacology
September 30, 2026
Kacper Żełabowski, Tomasz Wieczorek, Adam Hamed
Stroboscopic light stimulation (SLS) and psilocybin each induce altered states whose phenomenology and neurophysiology partly overlap, including posterior alpha-band changes and visual imagery. The two states engage the alpha band through different operations - pharmacological suppression under psilocybin and frequency-selective visual drive under SLS. We formalize their possible interaction...