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Tamaddun nuri May 31, 2024 Ilxomjon Darmonov
This article analyzes the criteria for classifying shamanic legends, which are an important part of the cultural heritage of many peoples of the world. The study examines different approaches to classifying shamanic legends based on their content, functionality, and cultural context. The purpose of the study is to determine the main criteria for the systematization and analysis of shamanic...
Religions May 27, 2024 Ünsal Yılmaz Yeşildal, Banu Güzelderen, Fatih Düzgün
Âşıks, renowned for their adeptness at improvisational poetry, are viewed as the inheritors of certain shamanic functions within historical contexts. Originally, shamans assumed diverse roles encompassing poetry, medicine, and priesthood before social and religious transformations prompted a gradual shift of the poetic responsibilities, first to individuals termed ozan (bards) and later to...
The Oxford Handbook of Psychedelic, Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Experiences May 22, 2024 Etzel Cardeña
Abstract Transcendent/mystical experiences have been reported within the hypnotic context from its inception as “animal magnetism/mesmerism. Research on spontaneous experiences during hypnosis and minimal suggestion/neutral hypnosis evidence that such experiences are not an artifact of implicit or explicit hypnotic suggestions but may occur spontaneously when some individuals focus on their...
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports May 16, 2024 Shunichiro Ikeda, Toshihiko Kinoshita
During the 1960s, several studies were conducted to test the therapeutic effects of hallucinogenic drugs, also known as psychedelics, on various disorders, such as major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the non-medical use of these substances became rampant due to their hallucinogenic effects, leading to their classification as narcotics in numerous countries by the 1970s. Since the 1990s,...
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences May 9, 2024 Olivia Gosseries, Nolwenn Marie, Yannick Lafon et al. 16 citations
This review provides an exploration of trance states, covering their phenomenology, neural mechanisms, and clinical uses. Trance states, present in diverse cultural contexts from shamanic practices to modern adaptations, have recently captured the interest of researchers and clinicians. Here, we delve into the phenomenological aspects of trance experiences, highlighting the most common...
International Journal of Translational Science April 20, 2024 Jeffrey L. Mcnairy
Rythmia Life Advancement Center is the first and currently only medically licensed Ayahuasca center in the world. Rythmia is helping to bridge the gap between the Western medical model of health care with the indigenous healing modalities of Latin America. The “Rythmia Way” program uses a variety of modalities, in addition to Ayahuasca, to help individuals find meaning in their lives and...
Kunstkamera April 10, 2024 Yu. A. Sleptsov
The article presents original artistic works that connect the spheres of art and anthropology. The author of these works, made using the grattage technique, talks about how he combines the identities of artist and researcher. This essay deals primarily with works inspired by traditional notions. The author is particularly interested in the topic of shamanism. Until recently, many scientists...
Mundo Amazónico April 4, 2024 Jimmy Weiskopf
The Word, as the creative principle of life, is a concept found in many cultures, from the Hebraic to the Uitotos (or Murui) of the Colombian Amazon. The author finds parallels between the immersion of Joyce´s Finnegans Wake in the Word as the key to unlocking different but interrelated dimensions of reality, and the cosmo-vision of the Murui. Finnegans Wake presents a panoptic view of...
Journal of Cognition and Culture April 1, 2024 Daniel Cohen, Brick Johnstone
Recent neuropaleontological research suggests that the parietal lobe has increased in size as much as the frontal lobes in Homo Sapiens over the past 150,000 years, but has not provided a neuropsychological explanation for the evolution of human socialization or the development of religion. Drawing from several areas of research, (i.e., neurodevelopment, neuropsychology, paleoneurology,...
Neuroethics March 16, 2024 Nicolas Langlitz, Alex K. Gearin 26 citations
Abstract In the historical context of a crisis in biological psychiatry, psychedelic drugs paired with psychotherapy are globally re-emerging in research clinics as a potential transdiagnostic therapy for treating mood disorders, addictions, and other forms of psychological distress. The treatments are poised to soon shift from clinical trials to widespread service delivery in places like...