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requiring non-naturalistic beliefs. Steinhart (2018b) proposes that psychedelics are “technologies” for achieving spiritual self-realization — “the existential unification of the self with nature” (p. 343), in line with the concept of eudaimonia , or
there is a common core to all mystical experience regardless of the cultural context, spiritual technologies, or religious practices that brings these experiences about. Though William James (1902 , pp. 380–382) is often credited as the first to ascribe
Psychedelic Christianity: Commentary and reply
Commentaries on: McCarthy & Priest (2024). Psychedelic Christianity: From Evangelical hippies and Roman Catholic intellectuals in the sixties to clergy in a Johns Hopkins clinical trial
issues ( Cole-Turner, 2022 ; Johnstad, 2023 ), then, as with other human enhancement technologies ( Mercer & Trothen, 2021 ), do we run the risk of further entrenching internalized oppressive biases? For example, Wise's vision of God as a male reaching
). Epigenetic changes are purported to lead to imbalanced levels of proteins that regulate central nervous system processes by affecting DNA transcription and/or mRNA translation. With the advancement of new technologies and knowledge, epigenetic research has
variables, there has been significantly less attention devoted to comparing different music genres for potential variabilities in their efficacy and potency to impact the human brain and body. Due to recent advances in computer technology and music
feminism . Indiana University Press . Haan , S. de. ( 2020 ). An enactive approach to psychiatry . Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology , 27 ( 1 ), 3 – 25 . Han , B. ( 2017 ). Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and new technologies of power . Verso
function of the DLPFC during addiction-related cues, researchers could assess the craving changes and their neural mechanisms. With the development of PET-MRI technology, we can integrate BOLD information and neurotransmitter receptor information to improve
how our taxonomy should be understood, also in the context of new technologies to appear in the future. Addressing the suggestions in line with earlier efforts to better understand IUD , the time has come to not only speak of a category such as an
Considering existing classic and contemporary proposals for preventing online addiction problems: Some old recipes for new problems
Commentary on: Problematic risk-taking involving emerging technologies: A stakeholder framework to minimize harms (Swanton et al., 2019)
technologies. The main contribution of their paper is a preliminary framework of seven groups (i.e. individuals, families, community, treatment and welfare providers, researchers, industry and governments) with a set of roles and responsibilities to minimise
Personal choice is a nuanced concept – Lessons learned from the gambling field
Commentary on: Problematic risk-taking involving emerging technologies: A Stakeholder framework to minimize harms (Swanton et al., 2019)
Swanton, Blaszczynski, Forlini, Starcevic, and Gainsbury (2019) propose a thoughtful framework for minimizing the personal harm that is potentially associated with new technologies. Broadly defined these technologies and behaviors include online
