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Voprosy Filosofii 2023 N. Zhirtueva, M. Kozlov
The article is devoted to the study of the features of the formation and development of the magical and mystical traditions in Russian culture, from the era of Ancient Rus’ to the present. In the culture of Ancient Russia the dominant was the magical consciousness, generated by the belief in the man’s ability to influence the material world with the help of certain rituals. The penetration of...
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The purpose of preparing and publishing this manual is to outline, as far as possible, the general picture of mystical theology, including its most characteristic features. According to this, the manual presents the main patterns of the phenomenon, with the etymology of the edges indicating the realities of the Symbol, the main currents of mysticism in the early Church, the peacemaking,...
Voprosy Filosofii 2023 Pavel V. Khondzinskiy
The impact of W. James’s ideas on Russian religious thought is a well-known fact, however this topic cannot be considered exhausted, since the names and works of the representatives of spiritual and academic science, for whom an intellectual meeting with James became the impetus for creating their own concepts, still remain in the shadows. We should not forget that this meeting was prepared...
Voprosy Filosofii 2023 Pavel V. Khondzinskiy
As we know, the publication of the translation of W. James’ “The Varieties of Religious Experience” in 1910 gave rise to a well-known discussion that took place in the pages of the journal “Questions of Philosophy and Psychology”. However, the fact that James’s concept has been critically comprehended in the works of some academic theologians, such as M. Tareev, P. Minin, A. Tuberovsky, still...
Current reviews in clinical and experimental pharmacology 2023 Rabeet Tariq 5 citations
Psychedelics might be the oldest psychoactive agents known to be used for inducing religious or mystical experiences. Their strong psychoactive effect was discovered accidentally in 1943 after the synthesis of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1937. These drugs became a mainstream area of research following the synthesis of LSD; however, several political and social factors led to their ban...
Psychopathology 2023 Cherise Rosen, Sohee Park, Tatiana Baxter et al. 13 citations
The experience of "sensed presence" or "felt presence" in the absence of "other" has been described as a complex multimodal experience to which meaning is given. Sensed presence (SenP) is a transdiagnostic experience that exists along a continuum that can appear during isolation, spirit quests, exposure to extreme elements, bereavement, anxiety, and psychosis. Given the prevalence and vast...
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 2023 Jeffrey A. Breau, Paul Gillis-Smith 8 citations
The longstanding juncture between science and religion in psychedelic research is mediated most notably by the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ). The MEQ is a psychometric survey for assessing mystical experiences, and it relies on the work of philosopher Walter Stace for its typology and philosophy of mysticism. Yet there is an under-investigated influence from Vedantic Hinduism that...
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 2023 Petter Johnstad 13 citations
Investigations of the use of psychedelic or entheogenic drugs in spiritual contexts have focused on mystical experience. Arguing that entheogenic spirituality should be understood more broadly, this study recruited 319 individuals into an online survey. Respondents were predominantly from western countries, but reported a connection to an eclectic range of religious and spiritual traditions,...
Journal of Psychopharmacology 2023 Sandeep M. Nayak, Manvir Singh, David B. Yaden et al. 87 citations
Psychedelic use is anecdotally associated with belief changes, although few studies have tested these claims. Characterize a broad range of psychedelic occasioned belief changes. A survey was conducted in 2374 respondents who endorsed having had a belief changing psychedelic experience. Participants rated their agreement with belief statements Before and After the psychedelic experience as well...
Frontiers in Pain Research 2023 Daniella Batievsky, Michelle Weiner, Shari B Kaplan et al. 8 citations
Chronic pain and depression diagnoses are skyrocketing. There is an urgent need for more effective treatments. Ketamine was recently established to alleviate pain and depression, but many gaps remain in the scientific literature. This paper reports the findings of an observational preliminary study that explored the efficacy of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAPT) for chronic pain/major...