Alma M. Karlin (1889–1950), a world traveller and German-language travel fiction writer, cultivated keen interest in religious beliefs practices of the places she visited, believing Romantic notion religion as distilled soul nations well Theosophical presumption that all religions are just particular iterations an underlying universal truth. For this reason, topic was central to both her person...

one of the foremost works written by ibn abi-nasr rozbahan baghli, one of famous mystics in sixth hegira century (13th ad century) is execgesis of “arayes al- bayan fi haghayegh al-quran” (literally the banquets of locution in quranic facts) that despite of its significant position has in history of mystical exegeses and identifying romantic theosophy, it has been left behind shade of anonymity...

Creative insight and mystical union differ as to depth of withdrawal, which is a way of saying how closely they are bound to the phenomenal world. The difference between the creative and the mystical reflects disparities in the descent. The similarities reflect the common process through which descent is achieved. Neuropsychology is critical in revealing the imaginal undersurface of veridical o...

This paper will compare two of the most prominent mystics of Islam and Hinduism on what may be called the “end of the mystical journey,” or mokśa in Hindu spirituality and fanā in Islamic mysticism. The interpretations of these two mystics are naturally developed according to their own epistemological and ontological bases. Thus, referring to their most significant principles ...

Introduction: It is a basic principle of the "psychedelic" treatment model that the quality of the acute experience mediates long-term improvements in mental health. In the present paper we sought to test this using data from a clinical trial assessing psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). In line with previous reports, we hypothesized that the occurrence and magnitude of Oceanic...

One of the most significant trends in American culture today is what might be considered an anti-intellectual or anti-scientific trend, two of whose main highlights are the tremendously widespread use of psychedelic drugs, such as marijuana and LSD, and the tremendously increasing interest in various oriental and mystical religions. The states of consciousness produced by drugs or meditation ar...

The article considers whether, and how, current scientific studies of consciousness might benefit from insights of mystical traditions. Although considerable effort has been expanded towards introducing mysticism into mainstream cognitive science, the topic is still controversial, not least because of the multifariousness of meaning associated with the term (from “illogical thinking” through “v...