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religious experience
Also known as: religious experiences
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The Evolution of Transcendence | Evolutionary Psychological Science link.springer.com Jun 1, 2016 8 facts
claimAustin posits that religious experiences and aesthetic experiences are fundamentally the same, differing only in their cultural accoutrements, such as doctrine and group commitment for religion versus traditions of creative expression for art.
referenceMacNeill (2004) proposed that one of the main evolved functions of the religious experience is the arousal of a bellicose feeling and a propensity to sacrifice for the ingroup during battle.
referenceMacNeill (2004) proposed that the human capacity for religious experience is an evolutionary adaptation to warfare.
referenceWilliam James, in his 1902 work, discussed the 'practical fruits' of religious experience, noting that such experiences often lead to changes in a person's perspective.
referenceK. Tamminen examined religious experiences in childhood and adolescence, specifically focusing on religious development between the ages of 7 and 20, in a 1994 article in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
measurementA survey cited by Atran (2002, p. 171) found that music was the most common elicitor of religious experiences, ranking higher than prayer, religious service attendance, Bible reading, or being alone in church.
claimManipulators often exploit the emotional vulnerability, stress, and anxiety experienced by adolescents and marginalized individuals by using the context of intense religious or mystical experiences to present a surrogate supernatural parent.
referenceAustin (1980) posits that religious and aesthetic experiences share commonalities, as both trigger similar types of knowledge, promote self-unification and integration, and motivate moral behavior, which may be linked to ingroup cooperation.
The cross-cultural study of mind and behaviour: a word of caution link.springer.com Apr 8, 2022 1 fact
perspectiveThe author argues that explaining religious experience or belief through a 'religious-prone mind' model may be a circular or Panglossian argument.
Published Studies — Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and ... hopkinspsychedelic.org 1 fact
referenceChirico et al. published 'The Oxford Handbook of Psychedelic, Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Experience' in Principles of Addiction Medicine in 2024.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimReligious epistemology studies the role of knowledge and justification for religious doctrines and practices, evaluating the reliability of evidence from religious experience and holy scriptures, and questioning whether the norms of reason should apply to religious faith.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimPre-modern societies typically conceptualized psychedelics as entheogens, defined as gateways to spiritual or religious experiences and communication with spirit worlds, which provided sacred knowledge and power.
Altered states of consciousness – Knowledge and References taylorandfrancis.com 1 fact
claimAyahuasca induces an altered state of consciousness that is difficult to compare and describe due to its abstract character, with the most commonly reported subjective effects being introspection, serenity, biographical memories, sensations of well-being, hallucinations, synaesthesia (specifically visual and auditory), and mystical or religious experiences.
The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences - Frontiers frontiersin.org Sep 27, 2017 1 fact
referenceSeeking the Sacred with Psychoactive Substances: Chemical Paths to Spirituality and God, edited by J. Ellens in 2014, explores the intersection of psychoactive substances and religious experience.