Current Neuropharmacology
October 14, 2026
Mareli Vázquez-Barreto, Mariana Ugarte-Rocha, Abraham Flores Vargas et al.
Mental disorders are among the leading causes of non-fatal health loss worldwide and are associated with significant individual, social, and economic burdens. On the other hand, neuropathic pain affects approximately 7-8% of the world's adult population and is a leading reason for medical consultations. A bidirectional relationship between depression and pain has been widely documented....
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 13, 2026
Avezov Elbek
preprint
This article presents a comparative typological analysis of the poetic expression of metaphysical existence in the lyrical works of Yunus Emre and Magtymguly Pyragy. It explores the mystical and philosophical significance of such categories and images as love, “I” and “You,” being and non-being, and the figures of the “Friend” and the “Beloved.” Drawing on Yunus Emre’s lines “Aşkın aldı benden...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 13, 2026
Devraj Prime
preprint
Current neuroscientific paradigms primarily rely on emergentism to explain subjective qualitative experience (qualia), positing that consciousness arises organically from complex neural architecture. Despite extensive mapping of neural correlates, the "Hard Problem of Consciousness" remains unresolved, failing to explain how physical matter generates subjective awareness. The Fundamental...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 12, 2026
Jasurbek Turayev
preprint
This article analyzes the artistic and philosophical representation of the concept of the metaphysical world in the mystical lyric poetry of the East and the West, as well as its relationship with the human spirit, divinity, eternity, time, death, and the fundamental questions of existence. The common and distinctive features of Eastern Sufi poetry and Western mystical lyricism are examined...
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
October 12, 2026
Ian McGonigle
This Comment examines how recent advances in large language models (LLMs) are transforming contemporary engagements with sacred texts, devotional practices, and mystical traditions across multiple religious contexts. As LLMs increasingly mediate spiritual inquiry—by providing instant scriptural explanations, personalised guidance, and simulated access to prophetic or mystical figures—their...
PsyArXiv Preprints
October 11, 2026
preprint
Free will is one of the most enduring problems in philosophy and cognitive science, yet what, exactly, requires explanation remains unclear. The most tractable target is the experience of free will – the vivid sense of self-authorship, control, and a felt capacity to have done otherwise. As with the scientific study of mystical experiences, this phenomenology can be investigated without...
Church History
October 10, 2026
Lucas P. Depierre
Abstract Teresa de Cartagena (ca. 1425 – after 1478) was a disabled nun who faced a tripartite predicament as an author: deafness, gender, and her lineage within a Jewish convert family in medieval Spain. Regrettably, scholarship has tended to encapsulate her in a three-walled box (literature, affectivity, mysticism) in which medieval women’s spiritual writings in the vernacular are siloed....
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
October 10, 2026
Biplab Das, L. Mallick, S. Adhikari
The Baul community represents one of Bengal’s distinctive folk-cultural and spiritual traditions and has historically held a significant place in the social and cultural life of rural Bengal. Although Bauls are widely recognized for their music and mystical philosophy, their contribution extends beyond artistic expression to questions of social equality, human dignity, inter-religious...
al-Urwatul Wutsqo Jurnal Ilmu Keislaman dan Pendidikan
October 5, 2026
Saepul Rizal, Nurul Khoirunnisa, Irawati Rahayu et al.
Islamic epistemology has distinctive characteristics compared to modern epistemology, which often separates knowledge acquisition from moral and spiritual dimensions. In Islamic intellectual tradition, knowledge is not merely understood as cognitive activity but also as a process of human spiritual and ethical transformation. Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (450–505 H/1058–1111 M) is among the most...
medRxiv
October 5, 2026
Praachi Tiwari, Sandeep M. Nayak, Nathan D. Sepeda et al.
preprint
Importance: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has a 2% global prevalence, but only about 50% of patients respond to conventional treatment, underscoring the need for additional effective interventions. Objective: To assess the feasibility, safety, and preliminary evidence for efficacy of repeated psilocybin administration in OCD patients who had previously attempted psychotherapy or...