spirituality
The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves
Spiritual Depression
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“When depression is caused by losing touch with our spiritual sensibility.” This article by Steve Taylor has been published on the website of The Medical & Scientific Network. It begins: “Some people have a simplistic belief that depression is caused by a…
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Philosophy & Madness: A Discussion with Wouter Kusters on his new book
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Wouter Kusters is a Dutch philosopher and linguist from the Netherlands. He is best known for his books, ‘Pure Madness, A Quest for the Psychotic Experience’ and ‘A Philosophy of Madness: The Experience of Psychotic Thinking.’ The latter was translated into…
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Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing: Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice
Psychosis or Spiritual Awakening?
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In this 25 minute video, Phil Borges (director of the documentary ‘ CrazyWise ’) gives a TED-talk called “Psychosis or Spiritual Awakening?” It draws on his experiences, over 25 years, documenting indigenous and tribal cultures:
Psychosis and Spirituality: Consolidating the New Paradigm
Madness, Mystery and the Survival of God
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This book explores the overlap between transliminal (“going beyond the threshold”) / spiritual experiences and psychosis. In doing so it looks a different ways of acquiring knowledge – e.g. the subjective and experiential, as contrasted with that gained through ‘objective’…
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