International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
February 20, 2024
Elías Capriles
2 citations
In the debate between Freud and Romain Rolland the latter asserted the infants’ oceanic feeling to be saner than the adults’ limited sense of self, and that mystics recover the oceanic feeling without losing the learning achieved during socialization. Freud retorted that the oceanic feeling involved a sense of shelterlessness, and whoever went through derealization was psychotic and needed to...
February 20, 2024
Joost J. Breeksema
Psychedelics are remarkable, versatile substances that produce a wide range of effects and can cause both harm and healing. Clinical research into psychedelic treatments is booming. In spite of this renewed interest, relatively little is known about how patients experience these treatments. In this dissertation, patients who received a psychedelic (either ketamine or psilocybin) to a treat...
ادبیات تطبیقی
February 17, 2024
Rooyintan Farahmand, Ehsan Zeineddini
. Introduction Comparative literature is a new branch in literary research, which has an unbreakable bond with topics like literary criticism, textual criticism, and investigation of the purpose of speech in the prominent works of different nations. This phenomenon was put forth almost two centuries ago in France which was then followed by Germany, Japan, and the United States of America. This...
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
February 9, 2024
Yasmin Schmid, Anya K. Bershad
15 citations
There has been renewed interest in the use of 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA) and serotonergic psychedelics in the treatment of multiple psychiatric disorders. Many of these compounds are known to produce prosocial effects, but how these effects relate to therapeutic efficacy and the extent to which prosocial effects are unique to a particular drug class is unknown. In this article,...
The MIT Press eBooks
February 6, 2024
There is no waking, there is no sleeping, there is only being.[#1784] Contemplative practice is related to sleep in a number of in ter est ing ways.First, many dozens of our experiential reports emphasize how deeply relaxing, restful, and refreshing it is to spend a while abiding in the wakeful presence of bare awareness.What is more, the relationship between our subjectively experienced target...
New North Star A Journal of the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
February 2, 2024
Heather L. Kaufman
Scholars of many disciplines have used the three autobiographies of escaped Maryland slave Frederick Douglass as valuable tools to help understand both slavery and the status of African Americans in post-emancipation United States.This essay employs the insights of analytic psychology to assess Douglass's reflections in his autobiographies of pivotal movements on his path to freedom.In...
Proceedings Of International Conference On Communication Science
January 31, 2024
Alwi Mahardhika Sodiq, Mochamad Widjanarko
Pesugihan is a mystical ritual carried out by individuals in secret and unreasonable to obtain wealth involving mystical rituals of shamanic practices. The purpose of this research is to find out the psychological dynamics and how to interpret an individual who performs the pesugihan ritual. Data exploration was carried out by analyzing the basic motivations, both intrinsic and extrinsic, from...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
January 27, 2024
Jessica Barbut Siva, Tommaso Barba, Hannes Kettner et al.
29 citations
Background: There is growing evidence for the therapeutic effects of psychedelics. However, it is still uncertain how these drugs interact with serotonergic antidepressants (serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs)). Objective: This study explores the interaction between psychedelics and SRIs in terms of therapeutic effects. The objective is to compare acute psychedelic effects and subsequent...
Revista Amazonía Viva y Gestión Sostenible
January 25, 2024
Ana Delia Lazo-Suta, Wilson Wily Sardón-quispe, O. Zevallos
El presente estudio analiza la relación entre el turismo místico y la práctica de ayahuasca en el corredor turístico de la Región Madre de Dios durante el periodo 2021-2022. La investigación se realizó con el objetivo de identificar la correlación entre estas dos variables, tomando en cuenta la experiencia de los turistas que participaron en actividades chamánicas y espirituales en la región....
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies
January 23, 2024
Ellie Mackin Roberts
ABSTRACT This article explores the intersection of sensory perception, emotional experience, and ritual practice within the ancient Eleusinian Mysteries, specifically focusing on the ‘Cave of Laughlessness’. The author offers a unique perspective on sensory exaggeration, highlighting the heightened awareness of sensory input. The study delves into the experiential aspects of the Mysteries,...