Background: Individuals with schizophrenia appear to experience differences in dreaming compared to control populations-the small amounts of research that does exist demonstrates abnormalities such as simpler dreams that are more bizarre and with greater negative content than those of controls. Dream-related psychopathology remains insufficiently described however-particularly experiences in...
There is a strange mercy in the way the mind forgets a mercy that medicine has rarely understood. In our age of biomedical triumphalism, where pharmaceutical companies spend billions on Alzheimer's therapies promising to rewind the unrewindable, we speak of memory loss exclusively as catastrophe, as the progressive erasure of selfhood requiring aggressive intervention. This article proposes a...
Transcendence – the capacity to rise above everyday concerns and access deeper meanings – is presented in this chapter as a vital spiritual resource. While traditionally associated with religious experience or divine reality, transcendence is also explored in secular terms, such as personal awakening, self-overcoming or profound human connection. Drawing on real-life examples, the chapter...
Personally meaningful music can evoke vivid emotions and autobiographical memories, reconnecting listeners with their personal past. Whether the autobiographical salience of music, as distinct from familiarity, modulates its effects on an individual’s state of consciousness has not been systematically tested. We compared autobiographically salient (AS) music with a standardized therapeutic...
This article analyzes the mystical experience of Hildegard von Bingen to explore how it can support a worldview that encompasses not only the theological but also the political. From the perspective of medieval philosophy, which is grounded in a philosophical anthropology, three key points are addressed: the clarification of essential concepts of mystical experience, the analysis of Hildegard’s...
This chapter introduces the convergence of Sufi mysticism and Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology, rooted in the author’s personal journey of spiritual and psychological exploration. While researching the Sufi Master Hazrat Inayat Khan and his teachings, the author encountered interpersonal conflicts within the Sufi community, which prompted an investigation into Jung’s concept of the...
This chapter delves into the shared and distinct dimensions of Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology and Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Sufism, emphasizing their reliance on direct personal experiences as foundations for their teachings. Despite their contrasting cultural and intellectual backgrounds, Jung’s individuation and Inayat Khan’s self-realization converge as journeys of transformation,...
Abstract Wellbeing in higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom has been increasingly prioritised for many institutions, with a growing demand for student support requests. There are various determinants in life that can influence mental health. As such, protected characteristics, including race, can indicate that students who are Black or Asian (global majority (GM)) may be more prone to...
Religious diversities have played a crucial role in shaping the human civilization. Harmony between different religions is integral for the attainment of global peace and social cohesion. This paper seeks to explore the relevance of religious harmony as conceptualized by Ramakrishna Paramhansa, as a pathway for peaceful coexistence in a pluralistic world. A 19th-century mystic of Bengal,...
This paper offers a critical evaluation of Lalla Ded, the fourteenth-century mystic, as a philosopher-saint. Her vaakhs form a body of intellectual and spiritual discourses. Rather than looking at her vaakhs solely through the biographical lens, the paper approaches the vaakhs as a site for philosophical inquiry on the nature of self, divinity, mysticism and social order. The interdisciplinary...