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...

T H E P s Y C H O L O G ~ ~ L HEALTH of spiritual practitioners has long been a point of contention, both in the culture at large and among researchers such as anthropologists, religious scholars, and especially mental health profcssionals. William James wrestled with this issue in The Varictics 01 Rcligiou Expcricncc, and almost a century later the debate continues (Lukoff. Lu, and Turner; Wal...

in islam, the world and hereafter life, plurality and unity, and inner and outer part each has its own place. islamic spirituality as an inner knowledge finds connection with islamic social idea. the purpose of which is a kind of social education and human life edification in all aspects, because, in view of the gnostics, the outer and inner worlds have longitudinal relationship.the mystics in ...

Cape Pietism is a hybrid, transnational and transconfessional form of spirituality, emanating from the Pietistic movement in Germany, with its emphasis on medieval mysticism, piety spiritual devotion to Christ, Dutch Second Reformation influences. Feminine Pietists South African frontier communities were practitioners this analogous similar trends mystical cultures German Medieval mysticism. In...