Part of Thought
Spirituality & Myth
Religious traditions, sacred practices, rituals, myths and symbols of the transcendent.
Concepts
- Ritual SafeguardA ritual safeguard is an ethical, procedural, or institutional measure established to ensure participant physical and psychiatric safety during intense psychoactive…
- Santo DaimeSanto Daime is a Brazilian syncretic religion founded in the 1930s in the state of Acre by Mestre Raimundo Irineu Serra. It integrates Amazonian plant medicine with folk…
- Scapegoat MechanismThe scapegoat mechanism is a social and psychological process whereby collective tensions, internal rivalries, or communal guilt are projected onto a singled-out victim…
- Sebastião Mota de MeloSebastião Mota de Melo, known as Padrinho Sebastião, was a Brazilian religious leader of the Santo Daime. Research.2, an edition about ayahuasca published only in…
- Set and SettingSet and setting is a fundamental psychological principle asserting that subjective experiences with psychoactive substances depend on internal mindsets and external…
- Shadow ArchetypeThe shadow archetype is a Carl Jung concept denoting the unconscious, repressed, or unacknowledged aspects of the human personality. In psychological drama, characters…
- ShifuShifu is the old Buddhist monk of two short stories published in the Agency editorial. In The Finger and the Moon, in Issue.4, he meets the hiker Braveheart at the top of…
- Somatic ModificationSomatic modification is the biological alteration of bodily tissues, neural pathways, and physical mass in response to subjective experiences, conscious decisions, and…
- Spiritual NarcissismSpiritual narcissism is a psychological distortion in which spiritual practices, religious devotion, or moral disciplines are co-opted by the ego to inflate one's sense…
- Stairway to HeavenStairway to Heaven is a song by Led Zeppelin that receives extensive analysis in Issue.14. The edition recounts the story of its composition, explores its spiritual…
- SymposiumThe Symposium is a book written by Plato. In Issue.13, the edition describes it as a book that grew from a gathering where some of the greatest thinkers of ancient Greece…
- SynchronicitySynchronicity is the psychological concept describing coincidences of events that are meaningfully connected yet lack direct causal links. Formulated by psychoanalyst…
- TaoismTaoism is the Chinese philosophical and religious tradition centered on the Tao, the way or natural course of things. The Agency editorial retrieves from it what the…
- Taoist EquanimityTaoist equanimity is a philosophical state of psychological peace, non-contention, and harmonious alignment with the natural flow of reality known as the Tao. Stemming…
- The Boy and the HeronThe Boy and the Heron is an animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. In Archetype.0, the author recommends the film and notes that before…
- The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings is a novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. In Issue.14, the edition mentions that Robert Plant was inspired by the natural beauty around him and the mythology…
- Trickster SynthesisThe trickster synthesis is a cultural phenomenon where diverse mythic archetypes merge into a cunning, resourceful figure that navigates social boundaries with humor and…
- ValhallaValhalla is, in Norse mythology, the great hall where Odin receives the warriors who died in battle. In the Agency editorial it is the setting of a comic fable: the…
- VegetalismoVegetalismo is an Amazonian healing tradition practiced primarily by mestizo healers who derive their knowledge, diagnostic skills, and power songs directly from master…
- Vesica PiscisThe Vesica Piscis is a sacred geometric figure formed by the intersection of two congruent circles whose centers each sit on the circumference of the other. Historically…
- Wu WeiWu wei is a central concept in classical Taoist philosophy denoting purposeful non-action, effortless action, or alignment with the natural flow of the universe. It…
- Zen KoanA Zen koan is a paradoxical statement, question, or dialogue used in Zen Buddhist practice to provoke deep doubt and bypass dualistic reasoning. Practitioners contemplate…
