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September 1, 2020 J. Weston
Acknowledged by T. S. Eliot as crucial to understanding "The Waste Land," Jessie Weston's book has continued to attract readers interested in ancient religion, myth, and especially Arthurian legend. Weston examines the saga of the Grail, which, in many versions, begins when the wounded king of a famished land sees a procession of objects including a bleeding lance and a bejewelled cup. She...
Mortality August 30, 2020 Mackenzie Blomstrom, Andrew Burns, D. Larriviere et al.
ABSTRACT The fear of death and dying is a multifaceted and prevalent source of human distress that can cause significant psychological and existential distress, especially at the end of life. Analysing current therapeutic approaches to this issue to identify promising modalities and knowledge gaps could improve end of life experiences and reduce human suffering. In this systematically...
Creation and Religious Pluralism August 20, 2020 David Cheetham
Abstract This chapter considers the concept of ineffability. Has this concept been monopolized by pluralists who use it to provide an object that is sufficiently mystical and unfathomable to accommodate religious differences? Does the ineffable do any work in their systems other than provide a formal category of ultimacy? The chapter seeks to investigate this by evaluating the use of...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) August 20, 2020 Carla Pallavicini, Federico Cavanna, Federico Zamberlán et al. 17 citations preprint
Abstract Background N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a short acting psychedelic tryptamine found naturally in many plants and animals. Few studies to date addressed the neural and psychological effects of DMT alone, either administered intravenously or inhaled in freebase form, and none conducted in natural settings. Aims Our primary aim was to study the acute effects of inhaled DMT in natural...
Logos August 18, 2020 Andreas Maurenis
Mystical experience has become a new discourse and has been resounded in the midst of our world which has lost the feel of its religiosity due to modernism and secularism. Though modernism gives advance in human life but it is undeniable that somehow it affects to the very core of human thirst for a deepest spiritual growth and improvment. So, in this part William James has become one of the...
Luther, Barth, and Movements of Theological Renewal (1918-1933) August 10, 2020 Jacqueline Mariña
This paper provides an analysis of Rudolph Otto’s understanding of the structures of human consciousness making possible the appropriation of revelation. Already in his dissertation on Luther’s understanding of the Holy Spirit, Otto was preoccupied with how the “outer” of revelation could be united to these inner structures. Later, in his groundbreaking Idea of the Holy, Otto would explore the...
Review of Ecumenical Studies August 1, 2020 Dragiša Jerkić 1 citation
Abstract St. Nikolaj Velimirović is known as one of the most influential Serbian theologians of the twentieth century. In his work he shows an admirable spiritual strength and contemplative depth that one would not expect from a thinker who was involved in all important ecclesiastical, political and cultural events of his era. He deliberately replaces the language and methods of academic...
Psychopharmacology August 1, 2020 Theresa M. Carbonaro, Matthew W Johnson, Roland R. Griffiths 51 citations
Although both psilocybin and dextromethorphan (DXM) produce psychedelic-like subjective effects, rates of non-medical use of psilocybin are consistently greater than DXM. New data are presented from a study of psilocybin and DXM relevant to understanding the features of psilocybin subjective effects that may account for its higher rates of non-medical use. Single, acute oral doses of psilocybin...
Frontiers in Psychology July 29, 2020 Jared R. Lindahl, D. James Cooper, Nathan E. Fisher et al. 2 citations
Studies in the psychology and phenomenology of religious experience have long acknowledged similarities with various forms of psychopathology. Consequently, it has been important for religious practitioners and mental health professionals to establish criteria by which religious, spiritual, or mystical experiences can be differentiated from psychopathological experiences. Many previous attempts...
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion July 23, 2020 Johannes Bronkhorst 4 citations
Abstract This article first predicts, on the basis of an analysis of deep absorption, a number of features of mystical and related states of consciousness. It then observes that these very same features appear in beliefs held by people who have never experienced deep absorption. Moreover, many people engage in activities that, though not normally leading to deep absorption, bring about lesser...