The Spiritual Heart
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3262879 |
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| Authors | Mary R Anderson (0000-0002-4140-2626, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 506 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel11100506 |
| OpenAlex | W3090769316 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 53 |
The heart has been a symbol within ancient philosophy and spiritual practice for personal consciousness, wisdom, intuition and love. In recent decades, scientists with growing interest in spirituality have built a strong case for the beneficial relationship between religiosity/spirituality and physical health. Explanations for this connection have included associated health behaviors that negatively impact cardiovascular health but have failed to adequately explain away this consistent association. Here, we suggest a central and bidirectional relationship between the heart, the "Master Organ," and the phenomenology of spiritual experience. Further, we provide existing evidence for a synergistic, salutogenic relationship between robust cardiac function and spiritual wellbeing that may offer a roadmap to spiritual, psychological and physical recovery and health at the individual, interpersonal and global level
Alternative medicine · Consciousness · Epistemology · Interpersonal communication · Intuition · Psychological health · Psychotherapist · Religiosity · Spiritual practice · Spirituality · Clinical Psychology · Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control · Medicine · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
The Early Upanisads
Religiosity/Spirituality and Mortality
Religiosity/spirituality and health
The polyvagal perspective
Positive Emotions Broaden and Build
Support for Adolescent Spirituality
Correlation between Changes in Local Earth’s Magnetic Field and Cases of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Identification of a Group’s Physiological Synchronization with Earth’s Magnetic Field
Emotional appraisal is influenced by cardiac afferent information
Effects of Group Practice of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Preventing Violent Crime in Washington, D.C
Relation of sympathy and personal distress to prosocial behavior
Affective and physiological responses to the suffering of others
The impact of a new emotional self-management program on stress, emotions, heart rate variability, DHEA and cortisol
Physiologic correlates of culture-bound dissociation
| Highly cited | No |
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