RT Article
T1 The Spiritual Heart
JF Religions
VO 11
IS 10
A1 Anderson, Micheline R.
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1736642111
AB 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.
K1 Biofeedback
K1 Heart
K1 heartrate variability
K1 neurocardiology
K1 Psychophysiology
K1 Spirituality
K1 Transcendence
DO 10.3390/rel11100506