Sentences with phrase «of psychic phenomena»

Much further investigation will be needed, but the hypothesis of an identity of psychic phenomena and corresponding physiological brain processes already has a sound basis.

Not exact matches

Not psychic phenomena but faith is the hallmark of that life

It seems to them that this is an insecure foundation on which to build the whole Structure of Christian belief and the way of life which follows from it; especially since such experiences may not be unique, for there are possible parallels, not only in the visions of the saints but in many alleged psychic phenomena.

The doctor analyses the psychic phenomena which the patient brings before him according to the theory of his school, and he does so in general with the co-operation of the patient, whom the tranquilizing and to some extent orienting and integrating procedure tends to please.

It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after years of intense / deep prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life — there were things going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep prayer and meditation was only exacerbating this problem by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.

As I tried to show in the preceding part, we also know something about the structure and function of that part of brain matter to which psychic phenomena correspond.

By psychic phenomena I understand all immediately «given» conscious experiences, that is to say, sensations, mental images, feelings, thoughts and processes of volition.

It seems the world is made up of: — persons who enter a mystical state and experience oneness and tranquility — persons who have adverse reactions as their minds dissociate resulting in their experiencing psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

The question of course is: how does a person like me who is experiencing psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena while in an altered state of consciousness know whether or not it is god who is communicating with them?

Among present philosophers, apparently Feigl (1967) is a prominent representative of those identists who deduce their conception from the experienced psychic phenomena.

The much more complicated integration in large molecules of neurons and of neurons in an active brain would lead to still more complicated systemic relations and not only to protopsychic ones, but also to real psychic phenomena, to sensations and mental images.

In spite of all our knowledge about direct correspondence of physiological brain processes and psychic phenomena, some modern philosophers and psychologists still doubt that any kind of localization could be possible.

Primary facts are only the experienced psychic phenomena, and all scientific «facts» are the result of conclusions, drawn by logical processes of induction and deduction.

All psychic phenomena are merged in a stream of consciousness.

All these scriptures / Biblical teachings created a problem for me as over the years when I would experience psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena as a result of intense / deep prayer and meditation, I actually thought that God was trying to show me a sign or tell me something or he was leading me in a particular direction.

The assumption of interactionism has the advantage that it explains why increasingly complicated psychic phenomena evolved and why they must not be regarded as epiphenomena.

Some behavior ~ istically oriented psychologists try to avoid the idea of freedom altogether, both by explaining psychic phenomena exclusively in physical and biological terms and by minimizing the role of theory construction in the process of psychological inquiry.

The insight that revolutionized the analysis of dreams — that the characters in the dream represent psychic phenomena within the dreamer — has a certain applicability to the analysis of other texts as well.

The first thing to give us pause, as we survey the progress of human collectivization, is what I would call the inexorable nature of a phenomenon which arises directly and automatically out of the conjunction of two factors, both of a structural kind: first, the confined surface of the globe, and secondly, the incessant multiplication, within this restricted space, of human units endowed by ever - improving means of communication with a rapidly increasing scope for action; to which may be added the fact that their advanced psychic development makes them preeminently capable of influencing and inter-penetrating one another.

The distinctiveness of James's empiricism is his insistence that one has not been empirical enough if he or she focuses on what is general in experience; rather, the full extent of experience comes only when one experiences this group, this person, this psychic phenomenon without excluding anything significant — even if, especially if, what is experienced can not be subsumed under some general characteristic.

All psychic phenomena (sensations, mental images, feelings, thoughts and processes of volition) are merged in our stream of consciousness.

If, for instance, my encounter with another's love should vouchsafe to me a new understanding of self, what happens is by no means restricted to consciousness, at least if consciousness is to be taken as a psychic rather than as an existential phenomenon, which is what Thielicke and others wrongly suppose.

Looked at from the outside, it is certainly not visible as love in the real sense of the word, but only as a phenomenon of spiritual or psychic history which is open to various interpretations.

(When W. Herrmann and A. Schlatter speak of experience, neither of them means a bare psychic phenomenon.)

Rensch distinguishes between protopsychic phenomena, which he attributes to inorganic entities, and real psychic phenomena, which arise out of certain systemic relations among protopsychic entities.

In those days, the theory was that spiritualism and psychic phenomenon had some sort of undiscovered force that was causing these effects.

The panel of judges for the contest included a Harvard psychology professor, a MIT - trained engineer and physicist, two researchers who focused on so - called psychic phenomena, and, curiously enough, magician Harry Houdini.

Scorpio is the ruler of psychic and mystical phenomenon, including reincarnation.

This scene could be read as either an arbitrary acknowledgment of Lincoln's documented interest in psychic phenomena or a brief opportunity for Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński to reprise their watery fishbowl motif from Minority Report, but it really serves the more interesting, ambitious purpose of establishing Lincoln as a comedy of the narcissism that binds prophecy with political policy.

A psychological thriller which explores the human brain's perception mechanisms and the diffuse frontiers between belief and science, RED LIGHTS starts out from the experiences of two rationalist scientists who dissect phenomena from the metapsychic world, and the clash of forces with a world famous psychic they bring about.

One of his earliest films was Scott Hicks» 2001 drama «Hearts in Atlantis,» in which he played Bobby, an 11 - year - old boy who spends a fateful 1960 summer with a mysterious older neighbor who introduces him to a world of grown - up wisdom and (this being a Stephen King adaptation) eerie psychic phenomena.

Savannah ghost walking tours are conducted by The Storyteller, a historian - sensitive, folklorist, paranormal researcher, and licensed Savannah tour guide with over 30 years of research and first - hand encounters with what is commonly called psychic or paranormal phenomena.

Fox reframes the subjective, subconscious, psychic phenomena of Automatism, placing it at the center of an objectively - constructed painting process, to be performed by an adventitiously - named alter - identity: «Tracy Volkswagen».

An early fascination with making the invisible visible, Gamble combined fantastic abstraction in traditional landscapes in an exploration of psychic and natural phenomena.

McKenzie sometimes plays with the idea of not documenting work as does Tino Sehgal... as well both artist practice a similar project inspired by the Situationist and other avant - garde groups such as the Fluxus whose program works at the manipulation of existential psychic phenomenon — ambiance and mood.

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