Prognostic and diagnostic role of abdominal pain on admission in acute pancreatitis

Abstract

Over the years, scholars across diverse academic disciplines have attempted to better understand and explain experiences of spiritual transcendence. This has proved difficult as there are inherent problems both in defining and measuring such occurrences. Although experiences of spiritual transcendence are often regarded as ineffable, inexpressible, and overwhelming, many individuals have nonetheless grappled with ways to express and describe powerful experiences of transcendence. As a result, numerous phrases have been used to designate these experiences, including religious experience, spiritual experience, transcendent experience, mystical experience, and unitive experience. However, universally agreed-upon definitions of spiritual and religious experiences have not been developed, which has made it difficult to study the neuroanatomical or neuropsychological foundations for these experiences in any methodological way.