Addiction
March 2026
Jack Chung, Daniel Stjepanović, Brandon Cheng et al.
Cannabis use is associated with psychiatric comorbidities, and the use of elta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) produces different neurophysiological and pharmacological effects. This study estimated the strength of associations between vaping of THC and CBD with depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescents. Observational data were drawn from three years of the nationally...
Institutional Repositories DataBase
March 1, 2026
博之 吉留
カントは『視霊者の夢』で、神秘家スヴェーデンボリの事例をとり上げつつ、霊の世界を見たという話を信じてよいのかという問題を検討した。その結論は、徹底した懐疑の姿勢で臨むべしというものであった。この結論に至るカントの議論を、スヴェーデンボリの『天界の秘義』と対比しながら読み解き、その意義と妥当性を考察することが本稿のねらいである。カントは、視霊者たちの体験は想像力による加工を経たものであらざるをえず、真実と妄想を区別することが困難であると論じた。この論点は、霊的なものを尊重しつつも特定の霊能者や教祖に盲従しないことを教えるものであり、非常に意義深い知見であると言える。また、『視霊者の夢』ではヴォルフ学派の形而上学も批判の対象となっているが、形而上学の霊魂論と視霊者の霊魂論をあわせて検討するこの戦略も重要である。われわれの読解では、両者は「非物質的実体」という概念をめぐる二つの対立する選択...
Anthropology of Consciousness
March 1, 2026
Aaron Weiss
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic research, this paper describes select views and experiences of a Sufi schoolteacher pressured at work into silence about her interpretation of Islam. At Tafsīr Islamic Academy (TIA), unity was broadly construed as achieved through conformity to mainstream Sunni belief and practice. Salihah, one of its teachers and a practicing Sufi, portrayed unity as an...
Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance
March 1, 2026
Marcus Nicholls
This article investigates the relationship between a neglected strand of western esotericism – Laeveticism – and practices of experimental creative adaptation. The article first summarizes the Laevetic tradition and its adaptive resonances, before discussing a series of historical adaptations. Many of these exist only as traces in other works, but they establish a tradition of Laevetic...
Cambridge University Press eBooks
March 1, 2026
Melissa Lynn Maffeo
Psychedelic substances like ayahuasca, psilocybin, and LSD have been used for thousands of years in spiritual ceremonies, with users often reporting transcendent and life-altering experiences. Chapter 8 traces the arc of psychedelic use from ancient rituals and colonization to the countercultural revolution and modern neuroscience labs. The chapter blends cultural history with...
The Psychoanalytic Review
March 1, 2026
Shalini Masih
This paper explores the mystical unconscious as a dimension of psychoanalysis that moves beyond psychoanalysis's emphasis on repression and interpretation. Drawing from psychoanalytic insights, mystical traditions, and personal clinical encounters with states of spirit possession, the author argues for a psychoanalytic stance of witnessing. Through concepts such as the mystical vertex, internal...
Journal of Religion and Health
February 28, 2026
Stephen P. Lewis, Jaime Clark-Soles, Oriana Mayorga et al.
2 citations
The rapid expansion of psychedelic research has opened significant pathways of opportunity in treating mental health disorders. Participants in recent clinical trials consistently report mystical-type experiences during dosing sessions, and some scholars posit that such experiences themselves help mediate clinical improvements in depression, PTSD, anxiety, and substance use disorders. These...
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science
February 27, 2026
Andrew M. Davis
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate and elucidate the fruitfulness of Alfred North Whitehead’s doctrine of non-sensory perception for exceptional forms of experience. I begin by introducing Whitehead’s work, influence, and some of the characteristic ideological transitions associated with his thought. I then draw attention to his methodology as a form of radical empiricism beyond that...
PsyArXiv
February 27, 2026
Veronika Chvostová, Johanna Prugger, Tim Hirschfeld et al.
preprint
The Open Data initiative Altered States Database (ASDB) collects psychometric questionnaire data on the subjective experiences of pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically induced altered states of consciousness. The ASDB is updated annually and can be utilized by both researchers and non-scientists to access information or conduct further analyses. The current update adds data published in...
Research Square
February 27, 2026
Randi Brown, Kenneth Shinozuka, Irakli Kaloiani et al.
preprint
Abstract The acute effects of psychedelic medicines include shifts in perception and awareness that can often include mystical or spiritual elements. Research suggests that these experiences can also extend into more persisting changes in spirituality, yet this area is underexplored. This study examined the effects of psychedelic experiences on spiritual beliefs using a survey of N = 151 people...