Journal for the Study of Spirituality最新文献

{"title":"Considering spirituality in contemporary Spiritualist art","authors":"Ann Bridge Davies","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2022.2051952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2022.2051952","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Paintings and drawings of spirits of the deceased have been produced by Spiritualists since 1852. Spiritualism in Britain has seven principles of belief, and the associated art has six classifications. The art is known as Spiritualist or spirit art. Spiritualist principles support the theory that life in the form of a spirit survives death; the fourth principle, ‘Continuous Existence of the Human Soul’, is central to this article and its discussion of how spirituality emerges as art is created. Spirit artists engage in creating basic portraits of the deceased without having known them, through a process of amanuensis from a believed spiritual source. For Spiritualists, the portraits provide visual evidence of life beyond death. This article explores the concept of spirituality in relation to this form of art. It includes discussion of two pieces of artwork and draws on transcripts of interviews with practicing spirit artists, as well as the author’s personal experience of spirit art. It suggests that spirit art is a useful, but neglected, lens through which to explore spirituality.","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48086959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The study of spirituality and consciousness through Bohm Dialogue","authors":"Joan Walton","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2022.2050982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2022.2050982","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The International Network for the Study of Spirituality (INSS) has recently established a Spirituality and Consciousness Studies Special Interest Group (SaCs SIG), using Bohm Dialogue as the method for gaining knowledge and awareness. This article presents an overview of the rationale for the formation of the group. It explores the potential connections between spirituality and consciousness, and what might be gained by enquiring into the nature of a relationship between them. It also provides an explanation of Bohm Dialogue, and how it can be used as a process for enabling group participants to engage in a participative form of research which includes reflection on, and learning from, the sharing of subjective experiences.","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48202865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A tipping point? Spirituality in a time of meta crisis","authors":"Cheryl Hunt","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2022.2062149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2022.2062149","url":null,"abstract":"When I first began to think about this Editorial, I was side-tracked by a message from a neighbour who teaches in a primary school (children aged 5–11). As part of their work on number she encourages her pupils to look for patterns in dates. That morning they had been very excited to find that it was a ‘Palindrome Day’. It was the 22nd of February and, because dates are written in the UK in day-month-year order, the sequence was 22 02 2022 – a sequence which is exactly the same when read both backwards and forwards. Technically a ‘single repetitive integer with zero’, this kind of palindrome date first appeared on 11 January 1011; there will not be another in our lifetimes. Written in the angular font which is often used on digital devices, 22022022 also forms an ambigram since it looks the same upside down. When I later drew my own young granddaughter’s attention to the phenomenon, she pointed out the coincidence that it was a Tuesday, the 2nd day of the week. She delightedly dubbed it ‘Super Twosday’! The unusual nature of the date was even acknowledged on the BBC’s Ten O’Clock News – at 22 minutes 22 seconds past 22.00 hours! I mention all this because, ironically, just two days later, on 24 February, Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine, a sovereign state in Eastern Europe with a population of over 43 million. It is the second-largest country by area in Europe after Russia, which it borders to the east and north-east. Since then all such trivia as the shape of a date has been wiped from our news screens and replaced by horrific scenes of devastation – of towns razed to the ground by relentless aerial bombardment; of millions of women, children and elderly people fleeing the country in whatever way they can, often with only small hastily-packed bags, leaving their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers behind to fight for the survival of their country; and of people forced to remain in basements, held under siege in cities deprived of water, food and power – in every sense of that word. I entitled my Editorial in issue 10.2 of this journal ‘The best of times, the worst of times?’ (Hunt 2020). It was written at the height of the coronavirus pandemic which, although vaccines are now available and help to mitigate its worst effects, continues to afflict millions of people around the world. I questioned whether the pandemic might have brought us to a long-predicted tipping point in human affairs – a time of ‘breakdown or breakthrough’ (Myers 1990, 180). The predicted breakdown is of the belief that we live in a ‘clockwork universe’. This image has held sway over Western philosophical, political and scientific developments since the seventeenth century (Dolnick 2012). It has created a mindset in which reality is ‘out there’ in a material world of","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44057783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Divine Feminine: Tao Te Ching","authors":"M. Powell","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2022.2037187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2022.2037187","url":null,"abstract":"itation’ (p. 129). In the corresponding essay in Part 4 (The world of ‘something great’ in the eyes of a life scientist), the eponymous scientist brings his own beliefs regarding spirituality into conversation with his scientific knowledge and predicts a bright future for Japanese spirituality: ‘If we switch on that essence, then I believe it will by all means be Japan’s turn to shine as a cultural and moral power in the twenty-first century’ (p. 210). These provide something of a counterbalance to the theoretical discussion, although each is demanding in its way. By definition, any edited volume is a mixed bag. In a broad-ranging collection, drawing on a wide range of scholars and experts, there are bound to be some chapters that work better than others, some elements which seem to be more or less integrated into the overall project, and each reader will have their preferences and perspectives. The present volume is no exception to this general rule, but the overall quality and tone of the contribution are very impressive. In addition (and despite some unevenness in the execution), the structure and content of the book amply support the claim in the introduction that, for Japanese people, spirituality just happens, largely unrecognized, as part of practical, shared and social life: the theory and theology come later. This, for me, is the key message worked out through the book: in a Western context in which the very notions of a collective life and a spirituality hidden away in our collective culture are new and potentially fruitful, it is one that deserves to be heard more widely.","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46843412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cultivating a joined-up field of spirituality studies through theory and practice","authors":"Cheryl Hunt","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2021.1978137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2021.1978137","url":null,"abstract":"The British Association for the Study of Spirituality (BASS) was planning to host its Sixth International Conference, Spirituality in Research, Professional Practice and Education, in the beautiful city of York, UK, in June 2020; it was to include a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the publication of the Journal for the Study of Spirituality (JSS). Sadly, the Covid-19 pandemic cut across those plans, like so many others around the globe, and the conference was rescheduled to take place in June this year. However, in December 2020, BASS formally changed its name to become the International Network for the Study of Spirituality (INSS) and, by January 2021, the continuing disruption of the pandemic and restrictions on travel meant that a face-to-face conference would remain impossible. The sixth BASS conference therefore became not only the first to be hosted by INSS but the first of the whole series to be held online (on 7/8 June 2021). These changes required most members of the INSS Executive to embark on a steep learning curve as they came to terms with the simultaneous development of a new website, the use of online communication technologies, and programming an event to accommodate participation from across the world’s time-zones. BASS/INSS conferences, as the website notes,","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41363903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reflections on the nature of spirituality: Evolutionary context, biological mechanisms, and future directions","authors":"H. Henning, Maxine Henning","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2021.1955453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2021.1955453","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Spiritual traditions and practices promote a positive and lasting transformation of our experience of self and of the world. Such traditions and practices are ubiquitous in human societies, but it remains unclear why and how they developed. Existing theories on the nature of spirituality range from the suggestion that human minds are inherently predisposed to spirituality, to the idea that spirituality developed adaptively to offer moral guidance and to promote mutually beneficial, cooperative behaviors. Here, we assess this question from the perspective of biological and cultural evolution, and propose that spirituality developed as a cultural adaptation to a characteristic feature of human mental experience – the duality, or differentiation, of mental subject and mental object. This model traces the development of spirituality to evolutionary events at the core of human exceptionalism, and supports the transformational potential of spirituality in language consistent with scientific knowledge.","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42574404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spiritual needs in research and practice: The spiritual needs questionnaire as a global resource for health and social care","authors":"B. Flanagan","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2021.1955452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2021.1955452","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49542122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the transpersonal phenomena of spiritual love relations: A naturalistic observation study of soulmate experiences shared in a New Age Facebook group","authors":"Christian Stokke","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2021.1955454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2021.1955454","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\u0000 This paper explores varieties of spiritual experiences and transpersonal phenomena that empirically occur in spiritual love relations, which respondents define as soulmates. Soulmate mythologies exist in many traditions and are popular in contemporary spiritual communities and New Age literature. So far, few empirical studies exist of soulmates. Analyzing a convenience sample of 140 responses collected by naturalistic observation on a New Age-themed Facebook group, I explore transpersonal experiences reported by individuals in encounters and relationships with their soulmates. Theoretically, this study draws on spiritual awakening literature in transpersonal psychology, particularly Grof’s varieties of spiritual emergency. Findings show that, besides instant recognition and immediate bonding, respondents report phenomena including synchronicities, telepathy, peak experiences, kundalini awakening, dark nights of the soul, psychological transformation, and merging of opposite archetypes. While spiritual love relations overlap with romantic love, they take many physical forms, including friendships, family relations, and relations with animals.","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45124218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Construction of a ‘Beliefs about Exceptional Experiences Scale’ (BEES): Implications of preliminary findings in Aotearoa New Zealand","authors":"Nicole Lindsay, N. Tassell-Matamua, Deanna Haami, Felicity Ware, H. Valentine, P. Pomare","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2021.1978136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2021.1978136","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Exceptional Experiences (EEs) are highly prevalent among the general population and are often perceived as positive and meaningful spiritual occurrences. Several scales measuring experiences and beliefs relating to EEs have previously been developed, yet most are based exclusively on Western understandings and perspectives, thus introducing linguistic and conceptual biases. The goal of this study was to develop a valid measure of belief in EEs among the Aotearoa New Zealand population – a diverse multicultural society with two prominent ethnic groups, Māori (Indigenous peoples) and Pākehā (New Zealand European). A total of 39 items were developed through an intensive literature review and face-to-face interviews with 15 Māori participants, and subsequently piloted with 325 participants. Exploratory Factor Analyses (EFA) produced a three-factor 19-item solution, with excellent internal consistency. Preliminary findings indicate that Māori are significantly more likely to endorse EEs than Pākehā. Given that EEs can be interpreted as either spiritual, anomalous or even pathological according to cultural background, these findings have important implications for how EEs are addressed in the wider society and in mental health settings specifically.","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46437551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cultivating Spiritual Intelligence for a participatory worldview: The contribution of Archetypal Cosmology","authors":"G. Zappalà","doi":"10.1080/20440243.2021.1961463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2021.1961463","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Humanity finds itself in a collective liminal space between worldviews, on a trajectory from a dominant scientific materialism towards a participative worldview informed by a spiritual and archetypal consciousness. This paper suggests that Spiritual Intelligence (SQ), the cognitive ability to find higher meaning, value, and purpose in life through transcending rational intelligence may help to birth and reinforce the emerging worldview. The dominant modes of thinking embedded within educational institutions, however, remain within the confines of the mechanistic-materialist model. Nurturing SQ requires multiple ways of knowing, a pedagogy based on engaging the head, heart and accessing our inner experience and intuitive voice. This paper identifies one recent expression of a participative worldview - Archetypal Cosmology - that is not only consistent with post-materialist views of consciousness but can also contribute to cultivating and developing SQ. Archetypal Cosmology is based on an enchanted cosmos in which the microcosm of the psyche is reflected in the macrocosm of the universe through a mysterious yet empirically observable planetary synchronicity. After reviewing the key tenets of SQ and Archetypal Cosmology, the paper: (i) highlights a correspondence between the principles of SQ and the planetary archetypal meanings suggesting that SQ may be a type of Archetypal Intelligence; (ii) illustrates how Archetypal Cosmology provides another mode to cultivate SQ; (iii) suggests that the synthesis of SQ and Archetypal Cosmology, both multi-sensory ways of knowing that include the imaginal, symbolic, mythical and spiritual, may help bring about new modes of thinking to bridge the sciences and humanities.","PeriodicalId":42985,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47911757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}