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Phenomenology and Interpretations of Sleep Paralysis with an Aotearoa New Zealand Sample: Cultural Nuances and Clinical Implications

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2026.
Isolated sleep paralysis (ISP) is a temporary state of immobility that occurs during the transition between wakefulness and sleep. Although described as hallucinations within biomedical discourse, frightening multisensory perceptions can often accompany muscle atonia, giving rise to numerous cultural, spiritual, and supernatural explanatory models ...
Francesca Sullivan, Nicole Lindsay
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Reading Nietzsche in an Age of Conspiracy Theories

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 251-275, April 2026.
Abstract This essay considers Friedrich Nietzsche's critique of Christian morality as a template for interpreting the epistemology of modern conspiracy theorists. The first section elucidates Nietzsche's notion of ressentiment as it can be applied to contemporary conspiracism. The effectiveness of this comparative assessment thus raises the question of
J.W. Olson
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RPC-Lex: A dictionary to measure German right-wing populist conspiracy discourse online. [PDF]

Convergence (Lond), 2022
Puschmann C, Karakurt H, Amlinger C, Gess N, Nachtwey O.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cannabis, Religion, and Trust in the Medical Profession: A Cross‐Religious Study of Patients' Attitudes Toward Medical and Recreational Use in Northern Israel

Nursing Inquiry, Volume 33, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite the global expansion of medical cannabis, limited empirical attention has been given to the sociocultural and religious factors shaping patient attitudes, particularly in multi‐faith societies. Israel provides a distinctive context for such examination, combining advanced medical cannabis regulation with substantial religious diversity.
Loay Zaknoun, Salman Zarka, Ygal Plakht, Orli Grinstein‐Cohen   +3 more
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“Want to know more of yr/ grand-dad?”: Ezra Pound, Gabriele Rossetti and Olivia Rossetti Agresti, when Literature meets Esotericism

Enthymema
This article addresses a forgotten aspect of the history of ideas, namely the fact that one of the most important figures of the twentieth century, Ezra Pound, was influenced by Dantean esotericism and the medieval esoteric doctrine of love proposed in ...
Piero Latino
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Jungian categories as modes of reading: The case of Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter and Aldous Huxley's Time Must Have a Stop

Orbis Litterarum, Volume 81, Issue 2, Page 89-110, April 2026.
Abstract This essay advocates renewed attention toward Jungian literary criticism, emphasizing its unique and creative perspectives on both fictional worlds and on reading. A fresh turn to Jungian criticism offers, in particular, valuable insight for texts on the peripheries of the canon.
Edsel Parke
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“Medical Men in the New Age”: Alice Bailey’s Impact on Contemporary Energy Healing

Religions
Energy healing refers to a globalising market of healing rituals that aim to stimulate the clients’ self-healing process. In the context of healing, the term ‘energy’ has multi-layered meanings and may denote physical, psychological, social, as well as ...
Dominic S. Zoehrer
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Magic and Politics: Conspirituality and COVID-19. [PDF]

J Am Acad Relig, 2021
Parmigiani G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Government Support for Unconventional Works of Art [PDF]

, 1992
My aim in this discussion is to argue, not only that government should provide funding for the arts, but a fortiori that it should provide funding for unconventional, disruptive works of ...
Piper, Adrian M. S.
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Personality and paranormal belief: a study among adolescents [PDF]

, 2007
A sample of 279 13- to 16-year-old adolescents completed the Short-form Revised Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (JEPQR-S) and a six-item Index of Paranormal Belief.
Francis, Leslie J., Robbins, Mandy, Williams, Emyr   +2 more
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