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This blog is presently being used to conduct research on certain aspects of Religion and Health. These aspects will hopefully be better defined as the research proceeds further. It has been suggested that we gather as much materials as possible on Psychosis and Mysticism, preferably by experts in the field, not people who write stuff based on their beliefs, on religious beliefs (which are often not founded or proved) or on their subjective experience. It has also been suggested that we also take into account psychiatric, sociological, philosophical as well as psychological elements in this research. We would like to write a paper following international professional guidelines and take all precautions in referencing etc.

Looking forward to finding an interesting evolution of posts and comments on our blog in way of this proposed research.

Sunday, November 28, 2021

From what I have gathered Dr David Lukoff has a keen interest in Transpersonal Psychology with Abraham Maslow being one of the pioneers of this branch of psychology. Dr Lukoff had an interesting experience in his youth and when he studied psychiatry he wrote some interesting papers that led to the introduction of a new category in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Mental Illnesses called the Religious and Spiritual Problem in 1994. One of his papers is entitled "The Diagnosis of Mystical Experience with Psychotic Features". An interesting challenge is to distinguish between a spiritual or mystical experience and a psychotic experience. In one article by Sandra Stahlman on Schizophrenia, reference is made regarding certain mystical experience questionnaires through which certain statistical data had been gathered for research and Dr Lukoff was involved in this.

Some of the things I have mentioned are also referred to in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PXbuiYpGWQ&feature=youtu.be .

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