Sains Insani
November 30, 2025
Arfah Ab Majid
This preliminary study explores the role of Sufi chanting in inducing Altered States of Consciousness (ASC) that is known as Fana in Sufism. Sufi chanting such as Zikr is a prevalent spiritual practice in Islamic mystical tradition, well-known for its profound impact on mental health and spiritual growth. This preliminary study investigates the mechanisms of these chanting practices through...
Trabzon İlahiyat Dergisi
November 30, 2025
İsmail Eraslan
This study examines the transmission of mystical memory in Islamic musical traditions by exploring how the intellectual and aesthetic legacy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 672/1273) resonated across the Indo-Islamic cultural sphere through epigenetic and neuroaesthetic mechanisms. While previous scholarship has primarily emphasized Rûmî’s written works and spiritual influence, this article...
Philosophical Psychology
November 30, 2025
Julian Kiverstein, Hüseyin Beyköylü, Michiel van Elk
3 citations
Psychedelic research has shown that the effects of serotonergic substances, such as psilocybin and LSD, are strongly influenced by the interaction of substance, set, and setting. Mystical-type experiences, often induced by psychedelics, are not solely driven by pharmacological mechanisms but emerge from a dynamic interplay between the psychological state (set), external environment (setting),...
Українська полоністика
November 28, 2025
M. Kozlovets, L. Hutsalo
The article is devoted to the philosophical and religious analysis of monasticism as a holistic spiritual teaching that combines ascetic practices, inner prayer, mystical contemplation and theological reflection. Monasticism is considered as a specific type of spiritual experience aimed at the radical transformation of human subjectivity through the process of purification of the heart,...
Religions
November 26, 2025
John R. Snarey, Eunil David Cho, Shelby L. Hall
William James’s two psychological classics—The Principles of Psychology (1890) and The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (1902)—are widely read but rarely connected. How are James’s psychological theories in The Principles applied in The Varieties? Most scholars say they are not. Our thesis is that, throughout The Varieties, James uses The Principles as the foundation...
Humility
November 24, 2025
Atif Khalil
Abstract Muslims understand humility (Arabic: khushu‘/tawadu‘) to be inseparable from the servitude to God (‘ubudiyya) that is demanded of them by their faith. The defining place of the virtue in Islamic ethics is underscored by the fact that the sin of the two archetypes of wrongdoing in the Quran––Pharoah and Iblis (Satan)––was pride. With that said, humility can be conceived in two...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
November 24, 2025
Petri Kajonius, David Sjöström, Emma Claesdotter-Knutsson
3 citations
Abstract A surge in societal and scientific discussion surrounds psychedelic research. One surprising fact keeps standing out: Many users report the psychedelic experience as a positive and lasting impact on their quality of life. The present study aimed to explore the quality and consequences of the most impacting psychedelic experience, with the user's Big Five personality in focus. This...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
November 20, 2025
Oscar Véliz-García, Marcos Domic-Siede
Abstract This study explores the first-time use of psychedelic macrodoses among Latin American adults, addressing a gap in the literature regarding naturalistic use outside clinical settings. A total of 4,810 participants from six Latin American countries completed an online survey assessing sociodemographic characteristics, substances used, consumption contexts, motivations, and subjective...
Scientific Reports
November 20, 2025
Daniel Perkins, Andreas Halman, Anna Urokohara et al.
Acute subjective experiences induced by psychedelics have been identified as important mediators of therapeutic outcomes in many studies. Mystical experiences specifically, have been correlated with a range of therapeutic outcomes including reductions in symptoms of depression, anxiety and addiction. This paper assesses acute subjective experiences induced by an encapsulated DMT-harmala...
Общество философия история культура
November 19, 2025
Daniil A. Balovnev
This article examines one of the least studied representatives of Russian pre-revolutionary philosophy, P.D. Ouspensky. To this day, the legacy of this unusual, original thinker remains little explored in Russian thought, whose interests included the ideas of “superman”, “eternal return”, “fourth dimension”, “third organon”, as well as the study of consciousness taken in unusual, religious...