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Neural correlates of mystical experience. [PDF]

open access: yesNeuropsychologia, 2016
Mystical experiences, or subjectively believed encounters with a supernatural world, are widely reported across cultures and throughout human history. Previous theories speculate that executive brain functions underpin mystical experiences. To evaluate causal hypotheses, structural studies of brain lesion are required.
Irene Cristofori   +5 more
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Lasting increases in trait mindfulness after psilocybin correlate positively with the mystical-type experience in healthy individuals

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Background Psilocybin-induced mystical-type experiences are associated with lasting positive psychological outcomes. Recent studies indicate that trait mindfulness is increased 3 months after psilocybin intake, preceded by decreases in neocortical ...
Anna Søndergaard   +6 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Mystical Experience and Global Revolution

open access: yesAthens Journal of Social Sciences, 2018
Since Marx first declared religion to be the opiate of the masses, institutions of religion and spirituality have often been resisted by scholars. The assumption of many seems to always be that religion is either a reactionary response to difficult ...
M. Sosteric
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

4 Mystical Experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Religion in a pluralistic society can play a dual role with regard to conflict. It can promote either violence or peace. Religion and Conflict Attribution examines the causes of interreligious conflict as perceived by Christian, Muslim and Hindu college ...
Francis-Vincent Anthony   +2 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Openness to mystical experience and psychological type : a study among Italians [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study examines Ross’ thesis that intuitive types are more open than sensing types to mystical experience among a sample of 1,155 Italians who completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales alongside the Mystical Orientation Scale.
Crea, G., Francis, Leslie J.
core   +2 more sources

Psychedelic-induced mystical experiences: An interdisciplinary discussion and critique

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
Contemporary research on serotonergic psychedelic compounds has been rife with references to so-called ‘mystical’ subjective effects. Several psychometric assessments have been used to assess such effects, and clinical studies have found quantitative ...
Sharday Mosurinjohn   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rumi's Mysticism in the Field of Religious and Mystical Experiences [PDF]

open access: yesادبیات عرفانی, 2022
Religion, as one of the most important fields of knowledge, has different aspects, including the esoteric and inner fields. In modern mystical studies, esoteric or personal experiences about God are interpreted as “religious and mystical experience”.
Marziyeh Rastgar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experiencing Maze (Taste) and Namaze (Untaste) [PDF]

open access: yesMatn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2021
This article used a descriptive-analytical method to investigate the introvertive and extrovertive mystical experiences of Baha Walad and Laozi, based on the views of Walter Stace.
Aliasghar Bagheri   +1 more
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Existential Foundations of the "Mystical Experience"

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2022
In the existing philosophical interpretations of mystical experience (constructivism, essentialism, etc.), its essence is usually seen in the features of "mystical knowledge".
Viacheslav Mikhailovich Naidysh   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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