Frontiers in Psychology
January 5, 2026
Hu Ren
This paper explores the methodological tensions between quantitative psychology and phenomenological reduction in the study of self-consciousness. Quantitative psychology, historically modeled on the natural sciences, treats self-consciousness as a psychological attribute and operationalizes it through standardized scales. It emphasizes causal relationships between self-consciousness and other...
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
January 5, 2026
Jennifer Windt, Manuela Kirberg, Tomas Andrillon
This special issue unites original theoretical and empirical research on two topics that are gaining traction in cognitive neuroscience and psychology, but so far have small philosophical footprints: dreaming and waking mind wandering. While the fields of dream and mind wandering research are largely separate, phenomenological and neurophysiological similarities between waking mind wandering...
Kashf Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
January 4, 2026
Muhammad Tasleem Alam
This study undertakes an existential semiotic analysis of Mian Muhammad Bakhsh’s poetry through its English translations, examining how linguistic structures, symbolic motifs, and allegorical forms convey metaphysical and transcendental meanings. Employing a qualitative and exploratory research design, the study draws on primary poetic texts alongside critical scholarly literature to interpret...
Religions
January 2, 2026
Santiago García Mourelo
In today’s plural and global context, the Theology of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue play a decisive role in fostering mutual understanding and a genuine culture of encounter. This article examines the theological and spiritual foundations of this task through a re-reading of Paul Tillich and Jacques-Albert Cuttat. Starting from Tillich’s unfinished reflection on the significance of the...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
2026
Michelle St Pierre, Stacey Squires, Sarah Daniels et al.
The increasing acceptance of cannabis use, and policy changes in several jurisdictions has led researchers and public health experts to call for a standard cannabis dose. Standard dosing units are useful tools for regulation, substance use guidelines, data collection, consistency of research, as a means of communicating low-risk recommendations and dose-related effects, and for self-monitoring....
Зборник Матице српске за славистику
2026
Dennis Ioffe
В данной статье рассматривается уникальное взаимодействие между грибной тематикой и русским концептуализмом, помещая микологический мотив в более широкий контекст эстетики второго авангарда и социально-политической критики.Русские художники, такие как Василий Кандинский, Илья Кабаков, Андрей Мона стырский и другие, внедряли образность грибов в свои работы как метафорический инструмент,...
American Journal of Medical and Clinical Research & Reviews
2026
Julian Ungar-Sargon
This essay examines the radical mystical theology of revelation articulated in the Meor Eynayim, the seminal Hasidic commentary composed by Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl (1730-1797). Through careful textual analysis of the parashat Yitro sections, this study argues that the Meor Eynayim fundamentally reconceptualizes Torah not as a corpus of texts requiring intellectual mastery but as an...
2026
Sitara Taddeo, Garret Yount, Sam Gandy et al.
preprint
Abstract This describes the design and analytic plan for a longitudinal, within-subjects evaluation of an online experiential workshop focused on learning to self-induce out-of-body experiences (OBEs). Outcomes are assessed using a comprehensive battery of validated and exploratory measures, alongside additional standardized scales targeting absorption, mystical experience, death attitudes, and...
Jete – Jоurnal of Philosophy Religious аnd Cultural Studies
2026
Aktore Kopbay, İbrahim Maraş
It is well known that the modernist era greatly exalted science, turning it into a unique value. There is no doubt that this was a trend born of positivism. According to the theory of positivism, only experiences based on empirical observation can attain the status of science. While this trend increased the value of scientific experience, one could say it diminished or devalued religious...
2026
Irina Dell'Orto
preprint
Background: Psilocybin-assisted therapy (PAT) has demonstrated rapid and substantial antidepressant effects in phase 2 RCTs (Davis et al., 2021; Carhart-Harris et al., 2021), and phase 3 trials are now active (Usona uAspire, NCT06308653). However, three critical gaps remain unresolved in 2025: (1) the durability of effects beyond 12 months has not been established in a controlled design; (2)...