This article takes advantage of iconography's long tradition in Christianity to study “religious
paintings” as a “prototype” of sublime stimuli to explore self-transcending, awe experiences …

This article begins with a review of studies in perception and depth psychology concerning
the experience of exposure to sacred artworks in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox …

Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between
the experience of awe and cooperative behavior, with a particular focus on the mediating …

Coptic Orthodox iconography is a living tradition from a community that is underrepresented
in the psychology of religion. It offers a prism for empirical investigation of religious aesthetic …

Can we measure the experiences of physical and VR art installations? How could that be
done? The present research attempts to answer these questions through the use of a …

Abstract Self-understanding, transformation, actualization, and transcendence are
aspirational goals. Interaction between internal (personal) and external (contextual) factors …

Abstract In Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, the material world is
understood to contain access points to the transcendent. An icon may move the awestruck …

Can we measure the experiences of physical and VR art installations? How could that be
done? The present research attempts to answer these questions through the use of a …

Experiences of immersion into vowed spiritual life present a unique context to examine
questions of space in life-changing experiences. The objective of this study was to richly …

* The paper has been selected for the May 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science.
The Virtual Journal, which is published by the American Physical Society and the American …