Mystical experiences relate to a fundamental dimension of human existence. These experiences, which are characterized by a sense of union with God, are commonly reported across all cultures. To date, no electroencephalography (EEG) study has been conducted to identify the neuroelectrical correlates of such experiences. The main objective of this study was to measure EEG spectral power and coher...

bostan ol-arefin va tohfat ol-moridin is one of the mystical prose texts of the khorasan area in the fifth century a.h. among the many persian literary texts, it is considered as a precious ancient source for many of the anecdotes, miracles and sayings of the sufis. furthermore, the linguistic features of this book such as numerous special vocabularies, stylistic aspects and prose similar to th...

A large body of historical evidence describes the use of hallucinogenic compounds, such as psilocybin mushrooms, for religious purposes. But few scientific studies have attempted to measure or characterize hallucinogen-occasioned spiritual experiences. The present study examined the factor structure of the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ), a self-report measure that has been used to asse...

A book called the Zohar emerged during the Middle Ages, giving rise to a Jewish form of mystical speculation known as the "Cabala" and creating strong interest in the system's mystical teachings in both Jewish and Christian circles. During the Renaissance, Pico, Reuchlin, and Ricci led in applying the Zohar's mystical teachings to the OT in defense of Christian doctrines such at that of the Tri...

JCB • VOLUME 214 • NUMBER 2 • 2016 122 Growing up in the Boston area, Cliff Brangwynne was a kid with distinct interests. He recalls performing one of his fi rst experiments after watching a TV program on quantum mechanics: spending an afternoon bouncing a tennis ball off a wall in an attempt to observe quantum tunneling. Through high school, he read pop-science books about the weirdness of the...

The author of the paper aims to indicate a new way interpreting Juliusz Słowacki’s [“Dziady”] by using aesthetic-literary trend known as Slavic anti-twist. So far, literary scholars have analyzed this dramatic fragment mainly from genesis perspective or antagonism bards. They believed that through greatest works Adam Mickiewicz, such “Dziady”, “Pan Tadeusz” and “Konrad Wallenrod”, Słowacki expr...

although old texts are distorted or changed due to various reasons such as unfamiliarity of writers who take them away from their origin and make it difficult to achieve a correct edition by using of the manuscripts, especially when there is a unique manuscript of the text or the existing manuscript is different with the other available versions, the correction of each text should be usually do...