Scientific Assessment of the Validity of Mystical Experiences

Scientific Assessment of the Validity of Mystical Experiences

Understanding Altered Psychological and Neurophysiological States

Papanicolaou, Andrew

Taylor & Francis Ltd

01/2023

140

Mole

Inglês

9780367686659

15 a 20 dias

285

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Preface

1. Defining Mystical States and Experiences

2. Unintentional and Deliberate Methods of Attaining Mystical States: Religious, Cultural, and Philosophical Perspectives

3. Mystical States achieved through Psychedelics: The Origins, Classical, and Contemporary Use of Psychedelics

4. Questioning the Reliability of Mystical States: Identifying Features

5. Questioning the Validity of Mystical States: Opinions and Objections

6. The Experiencing Subject and Mystical Object: Defining Validity of the Mystical State

References

Index
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Mystical State;Spiritual Transcendence Scale;Psychedelics;Mystical Knowledge;Therapeutic uses of psychedelics;Holy Mountain;Mysticism;Mystical Experience;Mystical states;Classic Psychedelic;Altered consciousness;Green Wall;Uncreated Light;Meditation;Mystical Object;Transpersonal psychology;Overburden;Psychopharmacology;Existentialist Philosophers;Plotinus;Psychotropic Substances;Hindu mysticism;Genuine Mystical Experience;Christian mystics;Eastern Orthodox Tradition;Ultimate reality;Thrill Seekers;Athonites;Sufis;Noetic Quality;Trans-subjective knowledge;Incorporative Unity;Cultural constructivism;Native American Church;Neurochemistry;Brain Activation Patterns;Neurophysiology;Dark Middle Ages;Psychopathology;Quadratic Reciprocity;Therapeutic effects;Amanita Muscaria;Neurophysiological factors;Mystical World;Religious mystics;Agnostic;Psychological methods;Nicotinic Acid;Scientific assessment