Mysticism
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Changes in spirituality among ayahuasca ceremony novice participants.

30 May 2009 Ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic plant brew from the Amazon basin used as part of healing ceremonies by the local indigenous people of the region for centuries, is now being consumed by growing numbers of people throughout the world. Anecdotal evidence ... Read more...

Thunder among the pines: defining a pan-Asian soma.

27 Feb 2009 Many ancient cultures and religions engaged in various techniques and used various substances to instigate religious experience and to alter perception. These techniques of psycho-sexual drug yoga reached an unparalleled level of sophistication that ... Read more...

The Kawa model: the power of culturally responsive occupational therapy.

30 Dec 2008 The Kawa (Japanese for river) model, developed by Japanese and Canadian rehabilitation professionals, presents an important and novel alternative to contemporary 'Western' models of rehabilitation. Rather than focussing primarily on the individual ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mysticism'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• I want to believe. 29 Jun 2009
• Changes in spirituality among ayahuasca ceremony novice participants. 30 May 2009
• Alexander Scriabin's Mysterium and the Transcendence of Music: Psychoanalytic Notes on Genius, Mysticism and Art. 30 May 2009
• Psychoanalysis and Religious Mysticism. 30 Mar 2009
• The varieties of vision. 27 Feb 2009
• Thunder among the pines: defining a pan-Asian soma. 27 Feb 2009
• The Kawa model: the power of culturally responsive occupational therapy. 30 Dec 2008
• [Tracing evidence of the "inner live"--the many sided effects of the poet physician Justinus Kernus] 30 Dec 2008
• Perception and the awareness of God: the importance of neuronal habituation in the context of the Jewish and Christian faiths. 29 Nov 2008
• The phenomenology of the psychotic break and Huxley's trip: substance use and the onset of psychosis. Sep 2008
• The timeliness and timelessness of the 'archaic': analytical psychology, 'primordial' thought, synchronicity. 30 Aug 2008
• EEG activity in Carmelite nuns during a mystical experience. 12 Aug 2008
• Mystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months later. 29 Jun 2008
• Psychological essentialism in selecting the 14th Dalai Lama. 3 Jun 2008
• Commentary on "mystical experience in the context of health care". 30 May 2008
• Mystical experience in the context of health care. 30 May 2008
• Being the moment. 30 Mar 2008
• The oceanic feeling, mysticism and Kabbalah: freud's historical roots. 30 Jan 2008
• Queering the cosmology of the vikings: a queer analysis of the cult of Odin and "holy white stones". 30 Dec 2007
• Language, mysticism, and hypnotizability: a brief communication. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Mysticism'

Definition: A philosophy based upon spiritual intuition that is believed to transcend ordinary sensory experiences or understanding.

Descriptor UI: D009228

Alternative terms: Mysticism; Mysticisms;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; psychology;

Tree Number: K01.844.799.430;

Technical Notes: IM; specify geog if pertinent