Journal of Near-Death Studies
2003
F. Gordon Greene
In this paper, I elaborate the hyperspatial implications of the fractal-scaling scheme that I introduced previously. Four case examples where out-of-body experiencers reported heightened and amplified visual capacities are correlated with this explanatory model. Three of these cases are identified as including an additional hyperspace signifier, the reported capacity to see through solid and...
Religion and Theology
2003
Jean Evans, Celia E.T. Kourie
AbstractTextual analysis represents the most viable approach towards gaining a greater understanding of the nature and characteristics of mystical consciousness. An analysis of a text from Simone Weil, the French philosopher and champion of workers' rights, indicates that mystical consciousness is a received moment of heightened awareness. Mystical consciousness is both self-aware and aware of...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2003
James Fadiman, J. Gruber
Review of the book "DMT: The Spirit Molecule. A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences" written by Rick Strassman, a professor at a school of medicine.
Revista de Neurología
2003
Francisco Javier Carod-Artal
18 citations
INTRODUCTION: A wide range of fungi and medicinal herbs, rich in hallucinogenic substances and widely used for mystic and medicinal purposes, can give rise to neurotoxic symptoms. DEVELOPMENT: We review the toxic syndromes that can arise from the ingestion of hallucinogenic fungi, cacti and plants, together with descriptions of cases of acute poisoning resulting from the use of medicinal herbs...
December 1, 2002
Ingrid H. Shafer
Two theme–setting quotations introduce this essay—that of Yeats's falcon, deaf to the falconer's call, adrift in space above the blood–dimmed tide, counterpoised to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's call to abandon old nationalistic prejudices and build the earth. With primary references to the thought of Teilhard, along with, among others, to Ewert Cousins, Andrew M. Greeley, Karl Jaspers, Marshall...
The antipodes Of the mind
November 7, 2002
Benny Shanon
Abstract: There is a story, which I have read somewhere, to the effect that Mohammed once compared a scholar or philosopher who writes about mysticism without having had any mystical experience to a donkey carrying a load of books.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
October 1, 2002
Marek H Dominiczak
1 citation
This article focuses on the work of William Blake (1757-1827), British artist, poet and engraver. Blake is discussed as a thinker opposed to the 'tyranny of reason' interpreted as rational philosophies promoted with a religious zeal. The visionary, mystical character of some of Blake's works is contrasted with his eclectic reading and sharp social criticism. Blake's work is related to the early...
Parergon
July 1, 2002
Cheryl Taylor
A devotional milieu shared by Walter Hilton and the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing was the probable basis of intertextual exchanges which took place in the early 1390s in major works by each writer. The article considers how this dialogue contributes to the climactic rendition of Hilton's spiritual attainment in Scale 2 . Early chapters are uninfluenced by the Cloud texts and...
Consciousness and Cognition
June 1, 2002
Wim Van de Grind
The conclusions drawn by Benjamin Libet from his work with colleagues on the timing of somatosensorial conscious experiences has met with a lot of praise and criticism. In this issue we find three examples of the latter. Here I attempt to place the divide between the two opponent camps in a broader perspective by analyzing the question of the relation between physical timing, neural timing, and...
European Psychiatry
May 1, 2002
Farāmarz Sohrābi
Ibogaine is a plant-derived alkaloid and dissociative psychedelic that demonstrates anti-addictive properties with several substances of abuse, including alcohol. 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) is a naturally occurring psychedelic known to occasion potent mystical-type experiences and also demonstrates anti-addictive properties. The potential therapeutic effects of both compounds...