Edinburgh University Press eBooks
September 26, 2023
Jamie Callison
introduCtion: waVering ortHodoXY 'I loathe the word mystic -it might mean anything', the modernist artist and poet David Jones, writing to a friend in 1927, opined. 1 He was clarifying his religious views and distancing his own work from the phenomenon.Coming from a practising Roman Catholic, Jones's statement might well appear odd, given that he had encountered the lives or writings of revered...
Princípios: Revista de Filosofia
September 26, 2023
Jan Clefferson Costa de Freitas
Os principais objetivos do presente artigo são: a) rememorar os precedentes e explicar os desdobramentos do conceito de psicodelia através da história da filosofia; b) apresentar as evidências que definem como psicodélico não apenas o efeito de substâncias transformadoras da mente, mas também um conjunto integrado de práticas místicas, um espectro amplo de estados conscienciais e um movimento...
Creative Saplings
September 25, 2023
Mariette Anitha Moras, Ashish Alexander
1 citation
The summum bonum of every human soul, according to men and women of faith, is union with God in mutual love. There is a quest within human beings to be united with God. The union is the convergence of physical and spiritual worlds, reason and matter, soul and body, flesh and Spirit. People want to coexist with the all-encompassing Spirit known as Brahman, or God. It demands harmony between...
Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental
September 22, 2023
Michele Aparecida Cerqueira Rodrigues, Fernando Campos Barbosa, Gabriel César Dias Lopes et al.
2 citations
Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between religion, spirituality and neuroscience, with a focus on understanding the biological bases of religious experiences. The study aims to analyze how different spiritual practices affect the human brain, identify the brain regions involved, and examine the impact of these practices on mental health and emotional...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
September 22, 2023
Mitch Earleywine, Maha N. Mian, Joseph A. de Leo
5 citations
Expectancy effects for many psychoactive substances appear to play a role in consumption, problematic use, subjective responses to acute administration, and subsequent effects. Expectancies of psychedelics have received little attention in published research despite their reputation for creating dramatic changes in subjective state. Psilocybin-assisted treatment (PAT) improves depression, but...
Islamic Studies Research Journal Abḥāth
September 18, 2023
H. Fatima, Sami Ullah
This paper aims to explore the common principles and concepts between Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam focused on spiritual growth and divine connection, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), a psychological approach rooted in the exploration of human consciousness, personal transformation, and effective communication techniques. By understanding the shared connection between the two, we...
Rudn Journal of Philosophy
September 15, 2023
A. Khakhalova
The study addresses some aspects of Suprematist theory of perception, allowing to investigate the structure of Suprematist phenomenon in the context of ontology, socio-political and religious-mystical works of K. Malevich. The aim of the paper is to present Malevich’s theory of perception in the framework of enactivism. Namely, the article focuses on the theory of social affordances, which...
medRxiv
September 15, 2023
Yahaya H. K. Sekagya, Charles Muchunguzi, Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana et al.
preprint
Abstract In Uganda, spirituality is closely associated with traditional healthcare; however, though prevalent, it is considered controversial, mystical, less-documented and often misunderstood. There is a paucity of literature on the description of health, illness, disease, and management approaches among traditional spiritual healers. This article examines perspectives on health, illness,...
Journal of Human Rights Practice
September 13, 2023
Dustin N. Sharp
1 citation
Abstract Over the last decade, in the United States in particular, there has been an increasingly acute awareness of historic and ongoing social, racial, gender, and other disparities, and the frequent deployment of categories (for example BIPOC, LGBTQQIA2SP+, Latinx) and concepts (for example ‘cultural appropriation’, ‘white privilege’, ‘intersectionality’) that centre thinking and...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 13, 2023
El‐sayed El‐aswad
2 citations
This paper is positioned within broader scholarly debates about ritual‐religious and psychological elements underlying the phenomenon of altered states of mind in Egyptian Muslim contexts. This research examines the intricate relationships between ritual, consciousness, and the unseen/unknowable world reflected in the imagination and practices of urban and rural communities belonging...