The neurological basis of consciousness remains unknown despite innumerable theories proposed for over a century. The major obstacle is that empirical studies demonstrate that all sensory information is subdivided and parcellated as it is processed within the brain. A central region where such diverse information combines to form conscious expression has not been identified. A novel hypothesis...
Vaporized N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) has a short duration and simple application, prompting this technique as a new approach for psychedelics' clinical use. Building on our initial dose-ascending studies and addressing potential confounding effects of dosing order, this study is the first to evaluate inhaled DMT in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind design. Given DMT's therapeutic...
Ibogaine, derived from the Iboga (Tabernanthe iboga), a shrub of central Africa, has a history of medical and entheogenic ritual use. Its modern use followed the serendipitous discovery, among heroin users in 1962, that it interrupted heroin addiction. Efforts to engage the scientific community in the clinical science of ibogaine had limited success but led to an underground treatment movement...
This article explores the characteristics of the consciousness of Central Asian peoples (based on the example of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) through the lens of an epistemological approach, focusing on modes of cognition, mental strategies, and culturally conditioned forms of perceiving reality. The study aims to identify the specificity of cognitive models shaped within traditional worldview...
Watching a performance is a particular kind of a participatory experience; moreover, it is one with constitutive embodied and interactive features, where a meaning is not simply received or passively observed but, rather, enacted or reconstituted in an interactive process between a performer and a spectator. This is a depiction of performance (theatrical or otherwise) that many scholars will...
Computational phenomenology has emerged as a powerful framework for investigating advanced meditation states and stages, and meditative development and endpoints.Various models have been proposed to mechanistically explain the diverse experiences associated with these practices, including enhanced well-being, attentional shifts, and defabrication, as well as minimal phenomenal experiences and...
This paper examines the visionary experiences of Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) as described in The Life of Teresa of Jesus, through the lens of contemporary phenomenology and the six-phase taxonomy of meditation-induced phosphenes. Special attention is given to Chapters 27–38, including her iconic vision of pure inner light and the Transverberation experience. We argue that Teresa’s...
This systematic literary review explores the classical Ayurvedic concept of Sharira Trayam—Ātmā (soul), Mana (mind), and Sharīra (body)—as elaborated in the Sharira Sthana of Ashtanga Hridaya. The review aims to provide a holistic understanding of the human being as envisioned in Ayurveda, emphasizing the interrelationship and interdependence of these three components in sustaining life,...
This article analyses the diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder as defined in the 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the 11th revision of International Classification of Diseases. The combination of categorical and dimensional diagnostic models improves its validity, which meets the needs of clinical practice. At the same time, the...
The strategy of this paper is to explore how traditional Buddhist teachings respond to contemporary challenges. The effects of these contemporary crises have brought immense tribulation globally. We humans can create and destroy the natural relationships of the environment. Since the twentieth century, Buddhism has been revived with its new way of response, as Buddha's teachings mainly focus on...