The Sri Chakra is an important device used in the worship of the primordial energy which is the cause for the creation, maintenance and destruction of the cosmos. The author attempts in this article to provide an explanation for the mystical aspects of the celebrated yantra.

Rationale Although psilocybin has been used for centuries for religious purposes, little is known scientifically about its acute and persisting effects. Objectives This double-blind study evaluated the acute and longer-term psychological effects of a high dose of psilocybin relative to a comparison compound administered under comfortable, supportive conditions. Materials and methods The partici...

The subject of creativity may be one of the most misunderstood topics in management. We tend to equate creativity with pure artists, with those who are seemingly endowed with a mystical ability to make aesthetic sense out of color, shape and form. In the manager’s world, creativity is typically viewed as limited to picking out the art for the walls of a new office or selecting a designer to dev...

The connection between the mind and body has often been regarded by Western medicine as something ascribed to the mystical and a topic residing outside the scope of scientific thought. However, it has been a long-term integral tenet in the medical practice of many other cultures.1 It could be argued that the reliance of Western thought on the concept of dualism in which Plato, Aristotle, and ot...

The connection between the mind and body has often been regarded by Western medicine as something ascribed to the mystical and a topic residing outside the scope of scientific thought. However, it has been a long-term integral tenet in the medical practice of many other cultures.1 It could be argued that the reliance of Western thought on the concept of dualism in which Plato, Aristotle, and ot...

Several novels of Idris and the range religious-mystical issues in them are carefully discussed atricle.

Expanding on the work of Forstmann and Sagioglou, this study investigated differences in personality pro-environmental behavior (PEB) as a function psychedelic-occasioned mystical experiences. A sample 240 participants with prior psychedelic experience completed an online survey. Data were collected participants’ states, personality, self-reported PEB. measure behavioral PEB was also included (...

in this article, the author studies the history of pluralism in the west and islamic world. then he has a look on the scopes and applications of pluralism and gives a new classification for it: 1- behavioral pluralism 2- cognitive pluralism he extends his philosophical thoughts and offers a novel point of view on this topic.