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    The Flip (Book Review)

    According to the pervasive materialist ideology, the flip is nothing but a hallucination, a flight of fantasy, a delusory event that can easily be explained away as some less-than-rigorous thinker’s mistaken perception.

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Interdisciplinary #Philosophy

    What’s not Etic about an Emic Perspective?

    Scholars of religion, it turns out, often have profound religious experiences reading and interpreting the texts they critically study, and these events have consequences for the methods and models they develop, the conclusions they come to, and even for the traditions they study.

    By Tova Olsson
    #Interdisciplinary #Psychology

    Chris Walling on Yoga Therapy Research (#119)

    Chris is the current President of the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy, the hub of somatic psychology.

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Ethics #Interdisciplinary

    Alex Auder on Socialist Yoga (#115)

    Alex is a yoga teacher and provocateur.

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Book Reviews #Interdisciplinary #Philosophy

    The Simulation Hypothesis (Book Review)

    In The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT computer scientist and computer-game entrepreneur Rizwan Virk crafts a unique perspective standing at the convergence of the knowledge systems of modernity and of Hinduism and Buddhism and other mystical traditions.

    By Kenneth Rose
    #Interdisciplinary #Psychology

    War and Soul Loss

    It has been unfashionable for veterans returning home from war to talk about the effect their experiences during the war has had on them.

    By Isa Gucciardi
    #Interdisciplinary #Psychology

    Using Depth Hypnosis Techniques to Treat PTSD

    Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome is a surprisingly pervasive disorder suffered by hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone.

    By Isa Gucciardi
    #Interdisciplinary #Psychology

    The Meaning-Enhancing Properties of Psychedelics and Their Mediator Role in Psychedelic Therapy, Spirituality, and Creativity

    Past research has demonstrated to the ability of psychedelics to enhance suggestibility, and pointed to their ability to amplify perception of meaning.

    By Ido Hartogsohn
    #Interdisciplinary #Psychology

    Biological Essentialism and the New Sciences of Religion

    We are now in a position where, aided both by contemplative neuroscience and neurotheology, we can state the axiom that the mystical is sui generis, while other religious events are sui generis only insofar as they are also mystical.

    By Kenneth Rose
    #Interdisciplinary #Spirituality

    Freedom of the Mind

    Mind wandering, task-independent thought, spontaneous thinking, free associating, creative imagining are some of the terms used to describe what occurs to our mind when we notice its functioning, or when we allow it the freedom to be in its natural condition: open, aware and spontaneously fluid.

    By Zoran Josipovic
    #Interdisciplinary #Spirituality

    Interpersonal Connection, Compassion, and Well-Being

    Integration refers to a way of being of any complex system in which the connections between parts or elements of the larger whole exist in an optimal balance with the distinctness of those parts or elements.

    By Daniel Siegel
    #Interdisciplinary #Spirituality

    A Call to Action: How Depth Hypnosis Fulfills Stanislav Grof’s Manifesto for a New Paradigm and Definition of Healing

    Depth Hypnosis provides several strategies that facilitate self-exploration in innovative and effective ways.

    By Isa Gucciardi
    #Interdisciplinary #Traditions

    The Light of Consciousness: The Core of Tantrik Spiritual Philosophy

    As virtually everyone who has heard the term “Tantra” is aware, the central dyad in Tantrik cosmology is that of Shiva and Shakti, the Divine in masculine and feminine aspects, coupled in eternal union.

    By Christopher Tompkins
    #Interdisciplinary #Traditions

    Mutually Illuminating: The Spiritual Richness of ‘Doing’ Ignatian Yoga

    With the flip of a switch, darkness turns to light.

    By Jillian Maxey
    #Cultures #Interdisciplinary

    Beacons of Dharma

    As the sun continues along its southern course dakṣināyaṇa and the days get shorter approaching the Winter Solstice, those of us living in the northern hemisphere find ourselves enveloped in increasing darkness.

    By Christopher Miller
    #Interdisciplinary #Traditions

    The Motif of Light in Jewish Tradition

    Light is the genesis – the creation of the world.

    By Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
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