Academic articles about esoteric topics
-
Entering the Jhanas
www.lionsroar.com Entering the Jhanas – Lions RoarEntering the jhanas is not easy—the harder you try, the more difficult it becomes. But you can make yourself ready for them to open up to you.
"Once you’ve found the pleasant sensation, you fully shift your attention to it. If you can do that, the sensation will begin to grow in intensity; it will become stronger. This will not happen in a linear way. At first, nothing happens. Then it’ll grow a little bit and then hang out and grow a little bit more. And then eventually, it will suddenly take off and take you into what is obviously an altered state of consciousness.
In this altered state of consciousness, you will be overcome with rapture, euphoria, ecstasy, delight. These are all English words that are used to translate the Pali word piti. Perhaps the best English word for piti is “glee.” Piti is a primarily physical sensation that sweeps you powerfully into an altered state. But piti is not solely physical; as the suttas say, “On account of the presence of piti, there is mental exhilaration.” In addition to the physical energy and mental exhilaration, the piti will be accompanied by an emotional sensation of joy and happiness."
-
On the correlation between solar activity and large earthquakes worldwide
www.nature.com On the correlation between solar activity and large earthquakes worldwide - Scientific ReportsLarge earthquakes occurring worldwide have long been recognized to be non Poisson distributed, so involving some large scale correlation mechanism, which could be internal or external to the Earth. Till now, no statistically significant correlation of the global seismicity with one of the possible m...
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Binaural beats to entrain the brain? A systematic review of the effects of binaural beat stimulation on brain oscillatory activity, and the implications for psychological research and intervention
Binaural beats are an auditory phenomenon that occurs when two tones of different frequencies, which are presented separately to each ear, elicit the sensation of a third tone oscillating at the difference frequency of the two tones. Binaural beats can ...
"At first glance, however, the available literature on brainwave entrainment effects due to binaural beat stimulation appears to be inconclusive at best. The aim of the present systematic review is, thus, to synthesize existing empirical research. A sample of fourteen published studies met our criteria for inclusion. The results corroborate the impression of an overall inconsistency of empirical outcomes, with five studies reporting results in line with the brainwave entrainment hypothesis, eight studies reporting contradictory, and one mixed results."
-
Modernity and the Holocaust
Reading this book convinced me the modern day United States is about to commit a second holocaust at the Mexican border within the next, like, decade.
-
Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema
This is the article that coined the phrase "male gaze", originally a strict academic definition, now a muddied culture war thing? I don't know. The article is good.
-
Marxism and Reformism, Lenin, Pravda Truda No. 2, September 12, 1913
"reformism, even when quite sincere, in practice becomes a weapon by means of which the bourgeoisie corrupt and weaken the workers. The experience of all countries shows that the workers who put their trust in the reformists are always fooled.
And conversely, workers who have assimilated Marx’s theory, i.e., realised the inevitability of wage-slavery so long as capitalist rule remains, will not be fooled by any bourgeois reforms. Understanding that where capitalism continued to exist reforms cannot be either enduring or far-reaching, the workers fight for better conditions and use them to intensify the fight against wage-slavery. The reformists try to divide and deceive the workers, to divert them from the class struggle by petty concessions. But the workers, having seen through the falsity of reformism, utilise reforms to develop and broaden their class struggle."
-
Origins of the Concept of Alienation
" But we are concerned here with much more than simple intellectual influences. The concept of alienation belongs to a vast and complex problematics, with a long history of its own. Preoccupations with this problematics – in forms ranging from the Bible to literary works as well as treatises on Law, Economy and Philosophy – reflect objective trends of European development, from slavery to the age of transition from capitalism to socialism. Intellectual influences, revealing important continuities across the transformations of social structures, acquire their real significance only if they are considered in this objective framework of development. If so assessed, their importance – far from being exhausted in mere historical curiosity – cannot be stressed enough: precisely because they indicate the deep-rootedness of certain problematics as well as the relative autonomy of the forms of thought in which they are reflected."
-
Adolf Hitler and the Origins of the Berlin-Tokyo Axis
"The occasion for this piece is a seemingly straightforward question: why did Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime so quickly declare war on the United States just four days after Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor? There is nothing self-evident about this. Moscow had not fallen to the Wehrmacht during Operation Typhoon, Britain was still very much in the war, and resistance against German rule had burgeoned from France to Greece. The late Fritz Stern characterized Hitler’s rush to support Japan on December 11, 1941 against the United States as “a move historians still find puzzling.”
-
Susquehanna River Fish Passage 2023 Fish Counts
fws.gov Susquehanna River Fish Passage | U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceThere are four hydroelectric dams on the lower Susquehanna River that provide upstream
- www.frontiersin.org Exploring the Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents in a Metacommunity Framework
Species inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents are strongly influenced by the geological setting, as it provides the chemical-rich fluids supporting the food web, creates the patchwork of seafloor habitat, and generates catastrophic disturbances that can eradicate entire communities. The patches of ...
-
Conversion Disorder
Conversion disorder, also known as functional neurological symptom disorder (FND), is a psychiatric disorder characterized by symptoms affecting sensory or motor function. These signs and symptoms are inconsistent with patterns of known neurologic diseases or other medical conditions. Although conversion disorder has no organic basis, the symptoms significantly impact a patient’s ability to function.
-
[DNA macroarray analysis of gene expression changes in rat brain after single administration of 2-aminoadamantane compound][Article in Russian]
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [DNA macroarray analysis of gene expression changes in rat brain after single administration of 2-aminoadamantane compound] - PubMedWe have used the Rat Atlas cDNA Array ("BD Bioscience") to assess changes in mRNA expression of 588 genes in rat brain after acute treatment of 2-aminoadamantane compound--Ladasten. Drug exhibits the psychostimulating and anxyolitic actions. The analysis of results of hybridization on macrochips and...
This is a study of the nootropic drug Bromantane, showing long lasting epigenetic changes after a single dose. Although there is no evidence the drug has a similar effect in humans, the anecdata in /r/nootopics and /r/nootropics tends to report long lasting effects even after discontinuation of the drug. There are many reports saying things like "this is the best ADHD drug I've ever tried", etc, suggesting the obvious conspiracy theory that sub-par drugs are prescribed because they are patented and profitable, compared to this Soviet drug from the 80s.
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Trace Amine-Associated Receptors as Emerging Therapeutic Targets
Endogenous trace amines (TAs) of unknown biological function are structurally related to classic monoaminergic neurotransmitters and found at low concentrations in the mammalian brain. Their recently discovered group of G protein-coupled receptors, ...
-
In Xochitl, in Cuicatl: Hallucinogens and Music in Mesoamerican Amerindian Thought
www.proquest.com IN XOCHITL, IN CUICATL: HALLUCINOGENS AND MUSIC IN MESOAMERICAN AMERINDIAN THOUGHT (ETHNOMUSICOLOGY, ETHNOBOTANY, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY) - ProQuestExplore millions of resources from scholarly journals, books, newspapers, videos and more, on the ProQuest Platform.
Can anyone get the full text of this? It is not on scihub.
- www.discovermagazine.com Blood Money: Hookworm Economics in the Postbellum South
Blood Money: Hookworm Economics in the Postbellum South
-
Rao Algorithms & R-method
sites.google.com Rao algorithmsProf. Dr Hab. Ravipudi Venkata Rao B.Tech., M.Tech., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Poland) Professor (Higher Administrative Grade), Department of Mechanical Engineering Dean (Faculty Welfare) Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SV NIT) {An Institute of National Importance of Government of
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Lavender Products Associated With Premature Thelarche and Prepubertal Gynecomastia: Case Reports and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical Activities
Previous case reports associated prepubertal gynecomastia with lavender-containing fragrances, but there appear to be no reports of premature thelarche.To add to a case series about lavender-fragranced product use and breast growth in children and to ...
-
New and Old Phenanthrene Derivatives from Oncidium cebolleta, a Peyote-Replacement Plant
There is a supposed psychedelic orchid that grows in mexico
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Amphetamine, past and present – a pharmacological and clinical perspective
Amphetamine was discovered over 100 years ago. Since then, it has transformed from a drug that was freely available without prescription as a panacea for a broad range of disorders into a highly restricted Controlled Drug with therapeutic applications ...
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Clays and the Origin of Life: The Experiments
There are three groups of scientists dominating the search for the origin of life: the organic chemists (the Soup), the molecular biologists (RNA world), and the inorganic chemists (metabolism and transient-state metal ions), all of which have experimental ...
- www.normalbreathing.com Overbreathing Is Found In Over 95% of People
Medical studies testify that over 90% of modern people suffer from chronic habitual hyperventilation
This article is part of a larger community of people that think they can live longer and get other health benefits by holding their breath a lot... https://www.reddit.com/r/buteyko/comments/l4jxjt/start_here_intro_and_faq_of_rbuteyko_and_the/
- pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Association between adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and generalised joint hypermobility: A cross-sectional case control comparison - PubMed
Growing evidence suggests an unexpected association between generalised joint hypermobility (GJH) and several psychiatric conditions, and a shared pathophysiology has been proposed. No previous studies on adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are available. This study aimed to evalua...
-
On Algorithmic Wage Discrimination by Veen Dubal
deliverypdf.ssrn.com On Algorithmic Wage DiscriminationRecent technological developments related to the extraction and processing of data have given rise to widespread concerns about a reduction of privacy in the wo