Universals of shamanism reflect innate brain processes and representational systems and fundamental aspects of consciousness. Shamanic universals involve psychophysiological dynamics of altered states of consciousness (ASCs) and visionary experiences, metaphoric representations produced through integration of innate representational modules, and rituals that produce psychophysiological healing ...

Mystical experiences represent a fundamental dimension of human existence. These experiences are commonly reported across all cultures. A mystical experience subjectively is characterized by encountering the divine in a way that disrupts the normal sense of self . The definitions of mystical experience used in research and clinical publications vary considerably, ranging from "upheaval of the t...

Climate Crisis and Metanoia. Mystical Aspects of Contemporary Nature Writing The aim this article is to provide a synthesizing overview religious references appearing in contemporary nature writing discourses dealing with the issue climate change. author emphasizes importance scale those references, pointing lack theoretical tools – not developed by “divergent”ecocritical post-secular theories ...

In this article I will discuss an important convergence taking place between Jungian psychology, evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience. I will assume that I do not need to define Jungian psychology or neuroscience for this audience, and many readers will be acquainted with recent developments in neurotheology, which seeks to understand the neurological bases of spiritual experiences and pra...

Two recent surveys of people who took psychedelic drugs and reported “God experience encounters”, along with successful clinical trials using therapy for depression, have given rise to public misconceptions about psychedelics atheism. Specifically, three inferences been drawn: (1) that the tends dissolve atheist convictions; (2) convictions, once dissolved, are replaced traditional monotheist b...

Because of its focus on the biological underpinnings of action and behavior, neuroscience intersects with many fields of human endeavor. Some of these cross-disciplinary intersections have been long standing, while others, such as neurotheology or neuroeconomics, are more recently formed fields. Many undergraduate institutions have sought to include cross-disciplinary courses in their curriculu...

Relevance. At the present stage of development religious studies, importance revealing psychological "slice" mysticism is increasing from point view comparing two approaches – reductionist, which reduces to intense and unusual experiences, anti-reductionist, sees in something more than just subjective experiences. The purpose supplement understanding limits reduction religious‒mystical experien...