West in the 1950s shared the view that psychedelic experiences culminate in “mystical experiences” of union. However, the recent “psychedelic renaissance” emphasizes biomedical, neurological, and psychotherapeutic explanations. These clinical, instrumental approaches overlook both new research on mysticism and many cultural realities and practices behind it. Analyzing key research on...
This paper explores the application of Or HaGanuz (Hidden Light), a foundational concept in Jewish mystical tradition, to contemporary therapeutic practice. Drawing on the evolution of this concept from Midrashic origins through Zoharic development to Chassidic psychology, particularly as articulated in the Me'or Einayim of Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl, this analysis proposes a framework...
Teksty Bertranda Russella dotyczące kwestii mistycyzmu dzielą się na dwie grupy. Pierwsza, obejmująca fragmenty Mysticism and Logic (1914), stanowi krytykę głównych tez filozofii mistycznej zawartych m.in. w pismach Parmenidesa, Spinozy i Hegla. Druga grupa składa się m.in. z fragmentów The Essence of Religion (1912) i zawiera koncepcję niedogmatycznego mistycyzmu jako duchowej postawy wobec...
This paper explores the thematic convergence of divine love in Sufi poetry and the poetic works of Rabindranath Tagore, highlighting the spiritual sensibilities shared across these seemingly distinct traditions. Rooted in different historical and cultural contexts, Sufi poets such as Rumi, Hafiz, and Bulleh Shah articulate the human soul's yearning for union with the Divine, using metaphor,...
Over the past 30 years, there has been an increasing scientific and philosophical attention to what contemplative and spiritual traditions for millennia have known as pure consciousness, free from concrete empirical content and egoic self-awareness. The article addresses whether meditation is the best candidate for the research of pure consciousness, as Thomas Metzinger claims in his book The...
Cosmopsychism attributes subjectivity to the universe as a whole. What might that subjectivity be like? There are differing opinions in the philosophical literature, ranging from ?simply a mess? to highly advanced. Mystical experience, if it genuinely brings unity or identity with the universe, could provide some insight. The evidence points to conscious mind of extraordinary quality and...
This prolegomenon sketches issues central to a philosophy of meditation, develops only some of them here, and refers readers to other works where some not covered here are addressed. A complete philosophy of meditation would include accounts of: the differences between meditative practices, states, and traits; religion-based meditative traditions; novel contemporary meditative practices and...