Journal of Yoga and Physiotherapy
September 18, 2026
Randeep Rakwal, Genboku Takahashi
This perspective provides a comprehensive overview of yoga, exploring its historical origins, philosophical foundations, and global dissemination as both spiritual and physical practice.Beginning with the universal human experience of stress, the authors position yoga as a profound method for self-adaptation and stress relief, emphasizing its relevance in modern society.The text traces the...
cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
September 18, 2026
Jacob Noah Pascoe
This thesis proposes a methodology that melds theological inquiry with cinematic analysis ultimately arguing that cinema can serve as a site of mystical encounter. In an age of increasing irrationality, spiritual expression in cinema has shifted from a meditative, passive transcendentalism toward an active, urgent, and often violent mysticism. Drawing on contemporary cinematic examples from...
Wawasan Jurnal Ilmiah Agama dan Sosial Budaya
September 17, 2026
Mohammad Takdir, Fadil Fadil, Basri Basri
Carok, a traditional honour-based practice of violence in Madura, Indonesia, is often misunderstood as mere physical aggression, despite its embedded spiritual dimensions, including rituals, mystical beliefs, and sacred symbolism. This study aims to elaborate on the spiritual meaning of carok behavior among Madurese people from a transpersonal psychology perspective. Using Interpretative...
Epileptic Disorders
September 17, 2026
M. Maliia, Fabrice Bartolomei, Fabienne Picard
OBJECTIVE A systematic review was conducted to synthesize current anatomo-clinical correlations of ecstatic symptoms in focal epilepsy, aiming to provide evidence-based guidance for interpreting this ictal semiology during presurgical evaluation. METHODS We searched PubMed and Web of Science using terms related to ecstatic experience (e.g., ecstatic, bliss, mystical, time dilation) combined...
September 17, 2026
Giovanni Emanuele Corazza
Abstract This chapter positions John Curtis Gowan’s contributions within an evolutionary path in psychology rooted in Erikson, Piaget, Jung, and Maslow, while also linking it to the contemporary figures of Guilford, Koestler, and Torrance. Gowan’s main contribution is represented by his periodic developmental stage chart, in which Erikson’s and Piaget’s stages are mapped, to which he adds...
September 17, 2026
Aleksandar Uskokov
Abstract This chapter focuses on Śaṅkara’s ideas about the inquiry into Brahman through examining the relationship between knowledge, desire, and renunciation. It argues that Śaṅkara reinterprets Vedic injunctions as terminating in cognition rather than action, classifying knowledge of Brahman as prohibitory in kind and thereby independent of ritual performance. The discussion situates the...
Research Square
September 17, 2026
preprint
Abstract Background Mindfulness and spiritual well-being are important components of nurses’ well-being and holistic nursing care. This study aimed to examine the levels of mindfulness and spiritual well-being among nurses and to explore their associations with professional characteristics. Methods This descriptive cross-sectional study included 583 nurses working in adult clinical units and...
September 17, 2026
Aleksandar Uskokov
Abstract The Epilogue argues that Śaṅkara’s enduring significance in Indian intellectual history lies not in his originality as a philosopher or his portrayal as a mystic but in his theology of liberation. While often described as a synthesizer of prior doctrines and cast as a mystic by Western and Indian scholars influenced by Otto and Schleiermacher, Śaṅkara’s project was to repudiate the...
September 17, 2026
Casey Rae
Abstract Chapter Five charts how psychedelic culture and the early Grateful Dead catalyzed a new American vocabulary for transformation—spiritual, aesthetic, and political—while revealing the tensions embedded in that promise. It opens with Richard Alpert’s 1966 encounter with the Dead at the Fillmore, where Primal Dead’s volatile improvisation, light shows, and collective ecstasy suggested a...
September 17, 2026
Casey Rae
Abstract Chapter Four follows the “turning wheel” of psychedelic awakening as it moved from private epiphany to collective ritual, tracing the converging paths of Ken Kesey’s Pranksters, Timothy Leary’s Millbrook circle, and the embryonic Grateful Dead. It begins with Furthur, the Day-Glo-painted Prankster bus that carried a crew of LSD-fueled experimenters across America in 1964—part road...