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Traditions configuration

2025-05-21T14:54:02Z

StevenEgan:

'''Back end'''

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Create page - yes

Edit - no

Comment - no

'''Moderation'''

Achieved through Template and orientation material

'''Front end'''

Template should be much more invitational, rather than analytical. Rorschach-y rather than structured. Make them feel brought in and respected.

Have to set up connection with individual.

What would you want a clinician to understand about your tradition which will make you feel respected. What could they read to help them talk to you. In the context of emergent phenomena - list of phenomena - these are some of the ways we think about this. What would want a clinician to have an appreciation of. Please feel free to include aspects of:

'''Template''' will need to include:

* ''Basic demographics; (numbers of people in tradition) - don't highlight this (infobox) >'' [Link to wikipedia which has all this info and more, if needed] (This is not
* ''[''The following is the core element of the traditional template''] Views on emergence in general,'' ''typologies of EPEEs, normal VS abnormal, and developmental models;'' ''i.e. what is ok and what is not, how do you deal with them when they arise'' > Structure this according to the DSM stuff! DSM 5 categories for religious exemption (structure questions around the categories e.g. hallucination, psychosis, etc. What would you say applies to this exemption according to your tradition?) (Olivier to expand this out with categories) They can follow DSM if they wish, but don't have to. Views on experiences.
* ''Beliefs and views (what are you?) nature of experience, consciousness, humans''
** Beliefs, Views, Metaphysics — e.g. reality, substance, causality, properties, relations, categories of beings, universals, particulars, space, time, freedom, …, these are some of the topic of metaphysics (Sjösdedt-Hughes, 2023).
**# Ontology
**#* Nature of Reality
**#** Substantialist views
**#*** Monisms
**#**** Idealist Monisms — Solipsism, Immaterialism, etc.
**#**** Materialist Monisms — Physicalism, Eliminativism, Behaviorism, Emergentism, Epiphenomenalism, etc.
**#**** Other Monisms — Neutral monism, Panpsychism, Biopsychism, Theistic Monism (Islam), etc.
**#*** Dualisms — Mind-body Dualism, Interactionism
**#*** Pluralisms — Platonic Theory of Ideas, Animism, Infinite Aspects Monism (Spinoza), Triune God (arguably, Catholicism, though usually thought of as a monotheism with three hyposthases)
**#** Non-substantialist Metaphysics
**#*** Phenomenological Ontologies — Michel Henry’s non-intentional phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty’s Endo-ontology
**#*** Functionalism (Bitbol, 2010) (Ernst Cassirer: Subject/Object, the cognitive relation, has no ontological grounding, only a functional one)
**#*** Non-foundationalist non-substantialism — Thinkers and traditions that hold there is no intrinsic ultimate substance nor a specific ultimate origin or foundation to phenomena, and that such concepts are in fact mistaken. Meister Eckhart seemed close to this, Parmenides as well, Buddhist philosophy of dependent origination (inter-being) and Emptiness (e.g. Madhyamika philosophy), perhaps Nietzsche, William James, Rob Burbea, etc.
**#** Agnosticism
**#* Real beings? Categories of beings? Order of beings?
**#** Deity/Deities, pantheon
**#*** Monotheism, Polytheism, Pantheism, Deism, Panentheism, Atheism, etc.
**#*** Creator God ?
**#** Hierarchy of beings, ex : Quantum Bayesianism; String Theory; Periodic Table of the Elements; Celestial hierarchies (Pseudo-Dionysius) ; Greek Pantheon (Dodecatheism) ; The Great Chain of Being; etc.
**#** True Nature of Ultimate Being - ex : Brahman; Śūnyatā
**#** True Nature of Beings - ex : Transcendent Realism (e.g. Angels really exist somewhere); Immortal Soul; Atman; Non-essentialism (Śūnyatā); Atomism
**#** True Nature of phenomenal existence and individual subjectivity - ex : Maya, illusory; The thing in itself (Kant); Phenomenalism: phenomena (including perhaps angels) do appear but do not have “real”, inherent reality, being, or substance “behind” or “underneath” phenomena.
**# Cosmology
**#* Origins and Ends
**#** of the Cosmos — e.g. Creation in 7 days; Causation without foundation (Bitbol, 2014) ; Dependent Origination: no foundation but radical interdependence); Continual creation (Bergson); Big Bang
**#** of Beings
**#* Laws ruling the Cosmos — ex : God’s Will; Karma
**#** Man's place in the Cosmos;
**#** Status and Nature of individual agency - ex : Free Will
* ''Epistemics (where does the knowledge come from? divine revelation/textual/etc.)''
*# Epistemology —Whence does valid knowledge/perception/cognition arise ?
*#* Sources of knowledge — e.g. Perception (Direct perception: Phenomenology, Pramana), Reflection/Reasoning, Faith, Reliable testimony, Revelation, Intuition, Authority — Scriptures, Religious Figures…, Experimental reproducibility/falsifiability…
*#* Logic — E.g. Inference, Comparison and analogy, Self-evidence/Apodicticity, Postulation, derivation - Induction, Truth and Justification, Valid Cognition
*#* Theory of mind, knower/known
* ''Soteriological doctrine what saves you and what are you being saved from''
** Soteriology - This is related to but not the same as Metaphysics. What is Salvation ? How is it attained ? What is it we need to be saved from? e.g.: Experiential knowledge (Buddhism), Knowledge (Gnosticism), Faith and Devotion (Catholicism), Different possibilities (Hinduism sees Jñana, Karma, Bhakti, as different but equally valid paths to salvation).
* ''Preferred linguistics and key concepts woven through the document (Olivier notes: I've begun something like this in Zenkit in the [https://base.zenkit.com/c/MvVVa4gC_2/lexicon Lexicon] collection which can be integrated)''
*
* [Possible additional elements]
** ''Authority''
*** ''Scriptural''
*** ''Temporal - Organized Religion ? Clergy ? Hierarchies ?''
** ''Rituals and Practices (e.g. Rituals of Devotion, Dietary practices, Meditative practices);''
** ''Religious Institutions and Affiliation''
** ''Modes of Living, Codes and Precepts (ex : Priesthood, Monasticism, Laity)''
** ''Ethical principles;''

'''Infoboxes''' will need to include:

Bullet point details

'''Editing policy on pages'''

'''Guide for contributors'''

'''Structuring system - which Categories can be applied?'''

Etic

Emic

# Abrahamic

## Christianity
### Nicene Christianity
#### Catholicism — Note by Daniel: Catholicism has as one of its features a remarkable capacity for local syncretism, very often adopting, enfolding, informing, etc. local religions, saints, spirits, traditions, rituals, particularly in Central and South America and Africa, but in other places also, giving many of these very different flavors and thus likely relationships to emergent phenomena, etc.
##### Latin Church
###### Jesuits
###### Carmelites
###### Franciscans
###### Dominicans
###### Cistercians
###### Beguines and Beghards
##### Eastern Catholic Church
### Protestantism
#### Pentecostalism – 280 million
#### Anglicanism – 110 million
#### Baptist churches – 100 million
#### Nondenominational Christianity – 80–100 million
#### Lutheranism – 70–90 million
#### Methodism – 60–80 million
#### Reformed churches (Calvinism) – 60–80 million
#### African initiated churches – 60 million
#### Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches - 25 million
#### Eastern Protestant Christianity – 22 million
#### Adventism – 21.80 million
#### New Apostolic Church – 10 million
#### Restorationism – 7 million
#### Anabaptism – 4 million
#### Local churches – 1 to 10 million
#### Plymouth Brethren – 1 million
#### Hussites – 1 million
#### Quakers – 0.4 million
#### Messianic Judaism – 0.3 million
### Orthodox Christianity
#### Eastern Orthodoxy
##### Greek Orthodox Pratriarchates or Churches
###### Constantinople
###### Alexandria
###### Antioch
###### Jerusalem
###### Russia
###### Serbia
###### Romania
###### Bulgaria
###### Georgia
###### Cyprus
###### Greece
###### Poland
###### Albania
###### Czech Lands and Slovakia
###### North Macedonia
#### Oriental Orthodox Churches
##### Coptic Orthodox
##### Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
##### Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo
##### Syriac Orthodox
##### Armenian Apostolic
##### Malankara Orthodox Syrian
##### Western Orthodoxy
#### Evangelical Christianity
#### Restorationist
##### Mormon/Latter-day Saint movement (17 million members)
##### Jehovah's Witnesses (8.7 million members)
## Islam
### Sunnīsm
#### Ḥanafī Sunnīsm (45%)
#### Shāfiʿī Sunnīsm (28%)
#### Mālikī Sunnīsm (15%)
#### Ḥanbalī Sunnīsm (2%)
### Shī‘ism
#### Twelver Shīʿīsm (8.5%)
#### Zaydī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
#### Ismāʿīlī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
##### Ghulat
### Kharījism
### Sufīsm
### Ahmadiyya movement
### Salafism
### Wahhabism
## Judaism
### Hassidism
### Kabbalah
### Ultraorthodox
# Hinduism — Note by Daniel: Hinduism, as much as contemporary nationalist movements want to make it a coherent religion, is nothing of the kind, with probably more local gods, variants, diversity of view, etc. than any other tradition on this list.
## Advaita Vedānta
## Arya Samaj
## ISKCON (Hare Krishna)
## Sant Mat traditions
## Shaivism
## Shaktism
## Smartism
## Vaishnavism
## Yogic Schools
### Bhakti yoga
### Hatha yoga
### Jñana yoga
### Karma yoga
### Kundalini Yoga
### Raja yoga
# Buddhism
## Mahāyāna Buddhism
### Madhyamaka
### Yogacāra
### Pure Land
### Zen
#### Soto
#### Rinzai
#### Ch’an
## Vajrayāna Buddhism
### Tantra
### Dzogchen
### Mahāmūdra
### Shingon: sort of Zen meets Vajrayana
## Theravāda Buddhism: this itself has huge internal diversity
## Regional traditions > not sure here?
### Contemporary Western Buddhism
### Japanese New Religious Movements (Soka Gakkai)
### Korean Buddhism
### Nichiren Buddhism
### Thai Forest Tradition
### Tibetan Buddhism
### Vietnamese Buddhism
# Folk Traditions
## African traditional religions
## African Diasporic religions (Vodou, Candomblé, Umbanda)
## Australian Aboriginal religions
## Baltic paganism
## Chinese folk religions
## Native American religions
## Nordic pre-Christian traditions
## Pacific Islander religions
## Slavic paganism
## Vietnamese folk religion (Đạo Mẫu)
# Other Traditions
## Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophical Schools
## Ancient Egypt
## Confucianism
## Druze faith
## Falun Gong
## Gnosticism
## Hermetism
## Jainism
## Magical or occult practices
## Mandaeism
## Manichaeism
## Martial Arts
## Neoplatonism
## New Religious Movements
### Ásatrú/Heathenry
### Baha'i Faith
### Cao Dai
### Discordianism
### Druidry
### IOT/Chaos
### Japanese new religious movements (Oomoto, Seicho-no-Ie)
### Kimbanguism
### Neopaganism
### Korean new religious movements (Cheondoism, Jeungsanism)
### New Age spirituality
### OTO
### Raëlism
### Rastafarianism
### Samaritanism
### Santeria
### Scientology
### Tenrikyo
### Thelema
### Vietnamese Hòa Hảo
### Wicca
## Orphism
## Other
## Perennialism
## Shinto
## Shamanism
### Siberian shamanic traditions
### Korean shamanism (Muism)
## Sikhism
## Spiritism
## Western Esotericism
### Alchemy
### Astrology
### Freemasonry
### Gnosticism
### Hermeticism
### Illuminism
### Kabbalah
### Neoplatonism
### Rosicrucianism
### Tenrikyo
### Theosophy
## Taoism
## Transcendental meditation
## Western Mindfulness Movement
## Yazidism
## Zoroastrianism

Traditions configuration

2025-05-21T14:30:06Z

StevenEgan: Daniel's update

'''Back end'''

'''Namespace configuration''' will need to include:

'''Permissions'''

Create page - yes

Edit - no

Comment - no

'''Moderation'''

Achieved through Template and orientation material

'''Front end'''

Template should be much more invitational, rather than analytical. Rorschach-y rather than structured. Make them feel brought in and respected.

Have to set up connection with individual.

What would you want a clinician to understand about your tradition which will make you feel respected. What could they read to help them talk to you.

'''Template''' will need to include:

* ''Basic demographics; (numbers of people in tradition) - don't highlight this (infobox) >'' [Link to wikipedia which has all this info and more, if needed] (This is not
* ''[''The following is the core element of the traditional template''] Views on emergence in general,'' ''typologies of EPEEs, normal VS abnormal, and developmental models;'' ''i.e. what is ok and what is not, how do you deal with them when they arise'' > Structure this according to the DSM stuff! DSM 5 categories for religious exemption (structure questions around the categories e.g. hallucination, psychosis, etc. What would you say applies to this exemption according to your tradition?) (Olivier to expand this out with categories) They can follow DSM if they wish, but don't have to. Views on experiences.
* ''Beliefs and views (what are you?) nature of experience, consciousness, humans''
** Beliefs, Views, Metaphysics — e.g. reality, substance, causality, properties, relations, categories of beings, universals, particulars, space, time, freedom, …, these are some of the topic of metaphysics (Sjösdedt-Hughes, 2023).
**# Ontology
**#* Nature of Reality
**#** Substantialist views
**#*** Monisms
**#**** Idealist Monisms — Solipsism, Immaterialism, etc.
**#**** Materialist Monisms — Physicalism, Eliminativism, Behaviorism, Emergentism, Epiphenomenalism, etc.
**#**** Other Monisms — Neutral monism, Panpsychism, Biopsychism, Theistic Monism (Islam), etc.
**#*** Dualisms — Mind-body Dualism, Interactionism
**#*** Pluralisms — Platonic Theory of Ideas, Animism, Infinite Aspects Monism (Spinoza), Triune God (arguably, Catholicism, though usually thought of as a monotheism with three hyposthases)
**#** Non-substantialist Metaphysics
**#*** Phenomenological Ontologies — Michel Henry’s non-intentional phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty’s Endo-ontology
**#*** Functionalism (Bitbol, 2010) (Ernst Cassirer: Subject/Object, the cognitive relation, has no ontological grounding, only a functional one)
**#*** Non-foundationalist non-substantialism — Thinkers and traditions that hold there is no intrinsic ultimate substance nor a specific ultimate origin or foundation to phenomena, and that such concepts are in fact mistaken. Meister Eckhart seemed close to this, Parmenides as well, Buddhist philosophy of dependent origination (inter-being) and Emptiness (e.g. Madhyamika philosophy), perhaps Nietzsche, William James, Rob Burbea, etc.
**#** Agnosticism
**#* Real beings? Categories of beings? Order of beings?
**#** Deity/Deities, pantheon
**#*** Monotheism, Polytheism, Pantheism, Deism, Panentheism, Atheism, etc.
**#*** Creator God ?
**#** Hierarchy of beings, ex : Quantum Bayesianism; String Theory; Periodic Table of the Elements; Celestial hierarchies (Pseudo-Dionysius) ; Greek Pantheon (Dodecatheism) ; The Great Chain of Being; etc.
**#** True Nature of Ultimate Being - ex : Brahman; Śūnyatā
**#** True Nature of Beings - ex : Transcendent Realism (e.g. Angels really exist somewhere); Immortal Soul; Atman; Non-essentialism (Śūnyatā); Atomism
**#** True Nature of phenomenal existence and individual subjectivity - ex : Maya, illusory; The thing in itself (Kant); Phenomenalism: phenomena (including perhaps angels) do appear but do not have “real”, inherent reality, being, or substance “behind” or “underneath” phenomena.
**# Cosmology
**#* Origins and Ends
**#** of the Cosmos — e.g. Creation in 7 days; Causation without foundation (Bitbol, 2014) ; Dependent Origination: no foundation but radical interdependence); Continual creation (Bergson); Big Bang
**#** of Beings
**#* Laws ruling the Cosmos — ex : God’s Will; Karma
**#** Man's place in the Cosmos;
**#** Status and Nature of individual agency - ex : Free Will
* ''Epistemics (where does the knowledge come from? divine revelation/textual/etc.)''
*# Epistemology —Whence does valid knowledge/perception/cognition arise ?
*#* Sources of knowledge — e.g. Perception (Direct perception: Phenomenology, Pramana), Reflection/Reasoning, Faith, Reliable testimony, Revelation, Intuition, Authority — Scriptures, Religious Figures…, Experimental reproducibility/falsifiability…
*#* Logic — E.g. Inference, Comparison and analogy, Self-evidence/Apodicticity, Postulation, derivation - Induction, Truth and Justification, Valid Cognition
*#* Theory of mind, knower/known
* ''Soteriological doctrine what saves you and what are you being saved from''
** Soteriology - This is related to but not the same as Metaphysics. What is Salvation ? How is it attained ? What is it we need to be saved from? e.g.: Experiential knowledge (Buddhism), Knowledge (Gnosticism), Faith and Devotion (Catholicism), Different possibilities (Hinduism sees Jñana, Karma, Bhakti, as different but equally valid paths to salvation).
* ''Preferred linguistics and key concepts woven through the document (Olivier notes: I've begun something like this in Zenkit in the [https://base.zenkit.com/c/MvVVa4gC_2/lexicon Lexicon] collection which can be integrated)''
*
* [Possible additional elements]
** ''Authority''
*** ''Scriptural''
*** ''Temporal - Organized Religion ? Clergy ? Hierarchies ?''
** ''Rituals and Practices (e.g. Rituals of Devotion, Dietary practices, Meditative practices);''
** ''Religious Institutions and Affiliation''
** ''Modes of Living, Codes and Precepts (ex : Priesthood, Monasticism, Laity)''
** ''Ethical principles;''

'''Infoboxes''' will need to include:

Bullet point details

'''Editing policy on pages'''

'''Guide for contributors'''

'''Structuring system - which Categories can be applied?'''

Etic

Emic

# Abrahamic

## Christianity
### Nicene Christianity
#### Catholicism — Note by Daniel: Catholicism has as one of its features a remarkable capacity for local syncretism, very often adopting, enfolding, informing, etc. local religions, saints, spirits, traditions, rituals, particularly in Central and South America and Africa, but in other places also, giving many of these very different flavors and thus likely relationships to emergent phenomena, etc.
##### Latin Church
###### Jesuits
###### Carmelites
###### Franciscans
###### Dominicans
###### Cistercians
###### Beguines and Beghards
##### Eastern Catholic Church
### Protestantism
#### Pentecostalism – 280 million
#### Anglicanism – 110 million
#### Baptist churches – 100 million
#### Nondenominational Christianity – 80–100 million
#### Lutheranism – 70–90 million
#### Methodism – 60–80 million
#### Reformed churches (Calvinism) – 60–80 million
#### African initiated churches – 60 million
#### Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches - 25 million
#### Eastern Protestant Christianity – 22 million
#### Adventism – 21.80 million
#### New Apostolic Church – 10 million
#### Restorationism – 7 million
#### Anabaptism – 4 million
#### Local churches – 1 to 10 million
#### Plymouth Brethren – 1 million
#### Hussites – 1 million
#### Quakers – 0.4 million
#### Messianic Judaism – 0.3 million
### Orthodox Christianity
#### Eastern Orthodoxy
##### Greek Orthodox Pratriarchates or Churches
###### Constantinople
###### Alexandria
###### Antioch
###### Jerusalem
###### Russia
###### Serbia
###### Romania
###### Bulgaria
###### Georgia
###### Cyprus
###### Greece
###### Poland
###### Albania
###### Czech Lands and Slovakia
###### North Macedonia
#### Oriental Orthodox Churches
##### Coptic Orthodox
##### Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
##### Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo
##### Syriac Orthodox
##### Armenian Apostolic
##### Malankara Orthodox Syrian
##### Western Orthodoxy
#### Evangelical Christianity
#### Restorationist
##### Mormon/Latter-day Saint movement (17 million members)
##### Jehovah's Witnesses (8.7 million members)
## Islam
### Sunnīsm
#### Ḥanafī Sunnīsm (45%)
#### Shāfiʿī Sunnīsm (28%)
#### Mālikī Sunnīsm (15%)
#### Ḥanbalī Sunnīsm (2%)
### Shī‘ism
#### Twelver Shīʿīsm (8.5%)
#### Zaydī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
#### Ismāʿīlī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
##### Ghulat
### Kharījism
### Sufīsm
### Ahmadiyya movement
### Salafism
### Wahhabism
## Judaism
### Hassidism
### Kabbalah
### Ultraorthodox
# Hinduism — Note by Daniel: Hinduism, as much as contemporary nationalist movements want to make it a coherent religion, is nothing of the kind, with probably more local gods, variants, diversity of view, etc. than any other tradition on this list.
## Advaita Vedānta
## Arya Samaj
## ISKCON (Hare Krishna)
## Sant Mat traditions
## Shaivism
## Shaktism
## Smartism
## Vaishnavism
## Yogic Schools
### Bhakti yoga
### Hatha yoga
### Jñana yoga
### Karma yoga
### Kundalini Yoga
### Raja yoga
# Buddhism
## Mahāyāna Buddhism
### Madhyamaka
### Yogacāra
### Pure Land
### Zen
#### Soto
#### Rinzai
#### Ch’an
## Vajrayāna Buddhism
### Tantra
### Dzogchen
### Mahāmūdra
### Shingon: sort of Zen meets Vajrayana
## Theravāda Buddhism: this itself has huge internal diversity
## Regional traditions > not sure here?
### Contemporary Western Buddhism
### Japanese New Religious Movements (Soka Gakkai)
### Korean Buddhism
### Nichiren Buddhism
### Thai Forest Tradition
### Tibetan Buddhism
### Vietnamese Buddhism
# Folk Traditions
## African traditional religions
## African Diasporic religions (Vodou, Candomblé, Umbanda)
## Australian Aboriginal religions
## Baltic paganism
## Chinese folk religions
## Native American religions
## Nordic pre-Christian traditions
## Pacific Islander religions
## Slavic paganism
## Vietnamese folk religion (Đạo Mẫu)
# Other Traditions
## Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophical Schools
## Ancient Egypt
## Confucianism
## Druze faith
## Falun Gong
## Gnosticism
## Hermetism
## Jainism
## Magical or occult practices
## Mandaeism
## Manichaeism
## Martial Arts
## Neoplatonism
## New Religious Movements
### Ásatrú/Heathenry
### Baha'i Faith
### Cao Dai
### Discordianism
### Druidry
### IOT/Chaos
### Japanese new religious movements (Oomoto, Seicho-no-Ie)
### Kimbanguism
### Neopaganism
### Korean new religious movements (Cheondoism, Jeungsanism)
### New Age spirituality
### OTO
### Raëlism
### Rastafarianism
### Samaritanism
### Santeria
### Scientology
### Tenrikyo
### Thelema
### Vietnamese Hòa Hảo
### Wicca
## Orphism
## Other
## Perennialism
## Shinto
## Shamanism
### Siberian shamanic traditions
### Korean shamanism (Muism)
## Sikhism
## Spiritism
## Western Esotericism
### Alchemy
### Astrology
### Freemasonry
### Gnosticism
### Hermeticism
### Illuminism
### Kabbalah
### Neoplatonism
### Rosicrucianism
### Tenrikyo
### Theosophy
## Taoism
## Transcendental meditation
## Western Mindfulness Movement
## Yazidism
## Zoroastrianism

Traditions configuration

2025-05-21T12:49:48Z

StevenEgan:

'''Back end'''

'''Namespace configuration''' will need to include:

'''Permissions'''

Create page - yes

Edit - no

Comment - no

'''Moderation'''

Achieved through Template and orientation material

'''Front end'''

'''Template''' will need to include:

* ''Basic demographics; (numbers of people in tradition) - don't highlight this (infobox) >'' [Is this really needed or do we link to wikipedia which has all this info and more?]
* ''[''The following is the core element of the traditional template''] Views on emergence in general,'' ''typologies of EPEEs, normal VS abnormal, and developmental models;'' ''i.e. what is ok and what is not, how do you deal with them when they arise'' > Structure this according to the DSM stuff! DSM 5 categories for religious exemption (structure questions around the categories e.g. hallucination, psychosis, etc. What would you say applies to this exemption according to your tradition?) (Olivier to expand this out with categories)
* ''Beliefs and views (what are you?) nature of experience, consciousness, humans''
** Beliefs, Views, Metaphysics — e.g. reality, substance, causality, properties, relations, categories of beings, universals, particulars, space, time, freedom, …, these are some of the topic of metaphysics (Sjösdedt-Hughes, 2023).
**# Ontology
**#* Nature of Reality
**#** Substantialist views
**#*** Monisms
**#**** Idealist Monisms — Solipsism, Immaterialism, etc.
**#**** Materialist Monisms — Physicalism, Eliminativism, Behaviorism, Emergentism, Epiphenomenalism, etc.
**#**** Other Monisms — Neutral monism, Panpsychism, Biopsychism, Theistic Monism (Islam), etc.
**#*** Dualisms — Mind-body Dualism, Interactionism
**#*** Pluralisms — Platonic Theory of Ideas, Animism, Infinite Aspects Monism (Spinoza), Triune God (arguably, Catholicism, though usually thought of as a monotheism with three hyposthases)
**#** Non-substantialist Metaphysics
**#*** Phenomenological Ontologies — Michel Henry’s non-intentional phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty’s Endo-ontology
**#*** Functionalism (Bitbol, 2010) (Ernst Cassirer: Subject/Object, the cognitive relation, has no ontological grounding, only a functional one)
**#*** Non-foundationalist non-substantialism — Thinkers and traditions that hold there is no intrinsic ultimate substance nor a specific ultimate origin or foundation to phenomena, and that such concepts are in fact mistaken. Meister Eckhart seemed close to this, Parmenides as well, Buddhist philosophy of dependent origination (inter-being) and Emptiness (e.g. Madhyamika philosophy), perhaps Nietzsche, William James, Rob Burbea, etc.
**#** Agnosticism
**#* Real beings? Categories of beings? Order of beings?
**#** Deity/Deities, pantheon
**#*** Monotheism, Polytheism, Pantheism, Deism, Panentheism, Atheism, etc.
**#*** Creator God ?
**#** Hierarchy of beings, ex : Quantum Bayesianism; String Theory; Periodic Table of the Elements; Celestial hierarchies (Pseudo-Dionysius) ; Greek Pantheon (Dodecatheism) ; The Great Chain of Being; etc.
**#** True Nature of Ultimate Being - ex : Brahman; Śūnyatā
**#** True Nature of Beings - ex : Transcendent Realism (e.g. Angels really exist somewhere); Immortal Soul; Atman; Non-essentialism (Śūnyatā); Atomism
**#** True Nature of phenomenal existence and individual subjectivity - ex : Maya, illusory; The thing in itself (Kant); Phenomenalism: phenomena (including perhaps angels) do appear but do not have “real”, inherent reality, being, or substance “behind” or “underneath” phenomena.
**# Cosmology
**#* Origins and Ends
**#** of the Cosmos — e.g. Creation in 7 days; Causation without foundation (Bitbol, 2014) ; Dependent Origination: no foundation but radical interdependence); Continual creation (Bergson); Big Bang
**#** of Beings
**#* Laws ruling the Cosmos — ex : God’s Will; Karma
**#** Man's place in the Cosmos;
**#** Status and Nature of individual agency - ex : Free Will
* ''Epistemics (where does the knowledge come from? divine revelation/textual/etc.)''
*# Epistemology —Whence does valid knowledge/perception/cognition arise ?
*#* Sources of knowledge — e.g. Perception (Direct perception: Phenomenology, Pramana), Reflection/Reasoning, Faith, Reliable testimony, Revelation, Intuition, Authority — Scriptures, Religious Figures…, Experimental reproducibility/falsifiability…
*#* Logic — E.g. Inference, Comparison and analogy, Self-evidence/Apodicticity, Postulation, derivation - Induction, Truth and Justification, Valid Cognition
*#* Theory of mind, knower/known
* ''Soteriological doctrine what saves you and what are you being saved from''
** Soteriology - This is related to but not the same as Metaphysics. What is Salvation ? How is it attained ? What is it we need to be saved from? e.g.: Experiential knowledge (Buddhism), Knowledge (Gnosticism), Faith and Devotion (Catholicism), Different possibilities (Hinduism sees Jñana, Karma, Bhakti, as different but equally valid paths to salvation).
* ''Preferred linguistics and key concepts woven through the document (Olivier notes: I've begun something like this in Zenkit in the [https://base.zenkit.com/c/MvVVa4gC_2/lexicon Lexicon] collection which can be integrated)''
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* [Possible additional elements]
** ''Authority''
*** ''Scriptural''
*** ''Temporal - Organized Religion ? Clergy ? Hierarchies ?''
** ''Rituals and Practices (e.g. Rituals of Devotion, Dietary practices, Meditative practices);''
** ''Religious Institutions and Affiliation''
** ''Modes of Living, Codes and Precepts (ex : Priesthood, Monasticism, Laity)''
** ''Ethical principles;''

'''Infoboxes''' will need to include:

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'''Editing policy on pages'''

'''Guide for contributors'''

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# Abrahamic

## Christianity
### Nicene Christianity
#### Catholicism — Note by Daniel: Catholicism has as one of its features a remarkable capacity for local syncretism, very often adopting, enfolding, informing, etc. local religions, saints, spirits, traditions, rituals, particularly in Central and South America and Africa, but in other places also, giving many of these very different flavors and thus likely relationships to emergent phenomena, etc.
##### Latin Church
###### Jesuits
###### Carmelites
###### Franciscans
###### Dominicans
###### Cistercians
###### Beguines and Beghards
##### Eastern Catholic Church
### Protestantism
#### Pentecostalism – 280 million
#### Anglicanism – 110 million
#### Baptist churches – 100 million
#### Nondenominational Christianity – 80–100 million
#### Lutheranism – 70–90 million
#### Methodism – 60–80 million
#### Reformed churches (Calvinism) – 60–80 million
#### African initiated churches – 60 million
#### Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches - 25 million
#### Eastern Protestant Christianity – 22 million
#### Adventism – 21.80 million
#### New Apostolic Church – 10 million
#### Restorationism – 7 million
#### Anabaptism – 4 million
#### Local churches – 1 to 10 million
#### Plymouth Brethren – 1 million
#### Hussites – 1 million
#### Quakers – 0.4 million
#### Messianic Judaism – 0.3 million
### Orthodox Christianity
#### Eastern Orthodoxy
##### Greek Orthodox Pratriarchates or Churches
###### Constantinople
###### Alexandria
###### Antioch
###### Jerusalem
###### Russia
###### Serbia
###### Romania
###### Bulgaria
###### Georgia
###### Cyprus
###### Greece
###### Poland
###### Albania
###### Czech Lands and Slovakia
###### North Macedonia
#### Oriental Orthodox Churches
##### Coptic Orthodox
##### Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
##### Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo
##### Syriac Orthodox
##### Armenian Apostolic
##### Malankara Orthodox Syrian
##### Western Orthodoxy
#### Evangelical Christianity
#### Restorationist
##### Mormon/Latter-day Saint movement (17 million members)
##### Jehovah's Witnesses (8.7 million members)
## Islam
### Sunnīsm
#### Ḥanafī Sunnīsm (45%)
#### Shāfiʿī Sunnīsm (28%)
#### Mālikī Sunnīsm (15%)
#### Ḥanbalī Sunnīsm (2%)
### Shī‘ism
#### Twelver Shīʿīsm (8.5%)
#### Zaydī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
#### Ismāʿīlī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
##### Ghulat
### Kharījism
### Sufīsm
### Ahmadiyya movement
### Salafism
### Wahhabism
## Judaism
### Hassidism
### Kabbalah
### Ultraorthodox
# Hinduism — Note by Daniel: Hinduism, as much as contemporary nationalist movements want to make it a coherent religion, is nothing of the kind, with probably more local gods, variants, diversity of view, etc. than any other tradition on this list.
## Advaita Vedānta
## Arya Samaj
## ISKCON (Hare Krishna)
## Sant Mat traditions
## Shaivism
## Shaktism
## Smartism
## Vaishnavism
## Yogic Schools
### Bhakti yoga
### Hatha yoga
### Jñana yoga
### Karma yoga
### Kundalini Yoga
### Raja yoga
# Buddhism
## Mahāyāna Buddhism
### Madhyamaka
### Yogacāra
### Pure Land
### Zen
#### Soto
#### Rinzai
#### Ch’an
## Vajrayāna Buddhism
### Tantra
### Dzogchen
### Mahāmūdra
### Shingon: sort of Zen meets Vajrayana
## Theravāda Buddhism: this itself has huge internal diversity
## Regional traditions > not sure here?
### Contemporary Western Buddhism
### Japanese New Religious Movements (Soka Gakkai)
### Korean Buddhism
### Nichiren Buddhism
### Thai Forest Tradition
### Tibetan Buddhism
### Vietnamese Buddhism
# Folk Traditions
## African traditional religions
## African Diasporic religions (Vodou, Candomblé, Umbanda)
## Australian Aboriginal religions
## Baltic paganism
## Chinese folk religions
## Native American religions
## Nordic pre-Christian traditions
## Pacific Islander religions
## Slavic paganism
## Vietnamese folk religion (Đạo Mẫu)
# Other Traditions
## Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophical Schools
## Ancient Egypt
## Confucianism
## Druze faith
## Falun Gong
## Gnosticism
## Hermetism
## Jainism
## Magical or occult practices
## Mandaeism
## Manichaeism
## Martial Arts
## Neoplatonism
## New Religious Movements
### Ásatrú/Heathenry
### Baha'i Faith
### Cao Dai
### Discordianism
### Druidry
### IOT/Chaos
### Japanese new religious movements (Oomoto, Seicho-no-Ie)
### Kimbanguism
### Neopaganism
### Korean new religious movements (Cheondoism, Jeungsanism)
### New Age spirituality
### OTO
### Raëlism
### Rastafarianism
### Samaritanism
### Santeria
### Scientology
### Tenrikyo
### Thelema
### Vietnamese Hòa Hảo
### Wicca
## Orphism
## Other
## Perennialism
## Shinto
## Shamanism
### Siberian shamanic traditions
### Korean shamanism (Muism)
## Sikhism
## Spiritism
## Western Esotericism
### Alchemy
### Astrology
### Freemasonry
### Gnosticism
### Hermeticism
### Illuminism
### Kabbalah
### Neoplatonism
### Rosicrucianism
### Tenrikyo
### Theosophy
## Taoism
## Transcendental meditation
## Western Mindfulness Movement
## Yazidism
## Zoroastrianism

Work:Base

2025-05-04T11:43:30Z

StevenEgan:

[[Phase I]]

== Work pages ==
[[Configuration Pages]] -setup

[[Technical requirements and tasks]]

[[Contributors]]

[[General Task list]]

[[Permissions]] - please visit this page for how to assign User groups to accounts, and how to moderate.

Permissions

2025-05-04T11:42:26Z

StevenEgan: provided instructions for assigning users and moderation

== User Types ==
In order to create a User, you will need to assign them to various groups. The guide below will tell you which groups to assign them to (only a Bureaucrat can assign groups):

Traditions contributor will need access to Traditions create

Synthesis users will need access to Synthesis create and edit

Clinical users will need to Clinical Create

== Talk Pages ==
Talk pages are disabled for Traditions, as the purpose is to give them a place to put their views as they wish.

Clinical also its talk pages disabled, as the purpose here is to have highly curated information

== Moderation ==
Moderators can have access to all spaces, or be given access to the individual one they are working on.

In order to Moderate, you will need to go to the Recent Changes page. There, you can click on "diff" and it will show you what was changed. You will have the option to edit or undo the change. You can also block the User if needed. Once you have monitored a change please mark it as patrolled, so other moderators know.

Permissions

2025-05-04T11:39:59Z

StevenEgan:

Approaches to Traditional Evidence

2025-04-16T15:59:54Z

StevenEgan:

== Opportunities and Challenges ==
A vast range of traditions have explored [[Emergent Phenomena]] for at least thousands and likely tens of thousands of years across diverse cultural contexts and with a range of [[wikipedia:Epistemology|epistemic frames]], meaning understands of how we know what we know, as well as pragmatic and [[wikipedia:Soteriology|soteriological]] concerns, meaning what saves us from what.

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This provides a vast wealth of knowledge of emergent phenomenology, practices, effects, conceptual, ontological, and taxonomic frameworks, and other forms of knowledge. This is obviously imbedded to various degrees in a range of cultural contexts, some the context in which the tradition arose, and others in new contexts into which the traditional forms of knowledge have been imported, incorporated, modified, hybridized, adapted, and otherwise changed from their original forms in an ongoing, evolutionary process.

These systems of knowledge provide profound opportunities for the global clinical mainstream to better understand not only the specific beliefs, cultures, and practices found in various specific individuals and communities, but also potentially universally applicable modalities that may improve outcomes across a range of fronts related not only to wellness and healing, but also to more fundamental improvements in the human condition and the potential benefits of those for broader societies, regions, and ecosystems.

However, in contemporary global mainstream clinical, scientific, public health, legal, etc. contexts, there is an understandable concern with the [[wikipedia:Hierarchy_of_evidence|hierarchy of evidence]] quality, typically ranging from the low end of expert opinion and culminating in the summit of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.

Here is a response from Claude 3.5 Sonnet about this particular question of evidence quality of traditional systems (see [[Approaches to AI/LLM Evidence]]) generated 19 September 2024.<blockquote>'''Evidence Quality Classification for Traditional and Modern Practices'''

'''Current Challenges'''

# '''Temporal Disparity''': Traditional practices have millennia of accumulated experience, while modern scientific methods are relatively recent.
# '''Epistemological Differences''': Traditional knowledge systems often have different ways of knowing and validating information compared to modern scientific approaches.
# '''Cultural Context''': Practices and their effects may be deeply embedded in specific cultural contexts, making generalization difficult.
# '''Colonial Influences''': The interpretation and documentation of traditional practices have been influenced by colonial perspectives, potentially distorting their representation.
# '''Evolving Epistemic Frames''': The understanding and documentation of practices have changed over time, influenced by various philosophical and scientific paradigms.

'''Existing Evidence Classification Systems'''

Most existing evidence classification systems are designed for modern scientific research and may not adequately address the unique aspects of traditional practices. However, some systems have attempted to incorporate broader types of evidence:

# '''GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation)''':
#* Primarily used in healthcare
#* Considers observational studies and expert opinion, but still prioritizes randomized controlled trials
# '''Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Levels of Evidence''':
#* Includes expert opinion and mechanism-based reasoning
#* Still heavily weighted towards modern research methodologies
# '''USPSTF (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) Grade Definitions''':
#* Considers the overall evidence, including consistency across studies
#* Limited in addressing very long-term, culturally-specific practices

'''Proposed Approaches for Integrating Traditional and Modern Evidence'''

# '''Mixed Methods Evidence Hierarchy''':
#* Incorporate qualitative research methods alongside quantitative ones
#* Give weight to long-term observational data and case studies
# '''Cultural Validity Framework''':
#* Assess evidence based on its relevance and validity within specific cultural contexts
#* Consider the longevity and consistency of practices across generations
# '''Phenomenological Evidence Scale''':
#* Develop a scale that gives weight to consistent reported experiences across diverse populations and time periods
#* Include measures for the depth and quality of phenomenological descriptions
# '''Historical Consistency Index''':
#* Create a metric that assesses the consistency of reported effects and practices over extended periods
#* Factor in the evolution of documentation methods and epistemic frames
# '''Cross-Cultural Corroboration System''':
#* Evaluate practices based on their presence and reported effects across multiple, independent cultural traditions
#* Consider the degree of isolation between cultures as a factor in corroboration strength
# '''Integrative Evidence Synthesis''':
#* Develop a framework that combines traditional knowledge, modern scientific findings, and phenomenological reports
#* Use a multi-dimensional approach that doesn't inherently prioritize one type of evidence over others
# '''Epistemic Diversity Scale''':
#* Create a scale that gives higher weight to findings that have been validated across multiple epistemic frameworks (e.g., traditional, scientific, phenomenological)
#* Consider the independence and diversity of these frameworks in the weighting

'''Recommendations for EmergeWiki'''

# '''Develop a Custom Classification System''': Create a unique evidence classification system that integrates elements from existing systems with new categories that respect traditional knowledge.
# '''Transparent Documentation''': Clearly explain the rationale behind the classification system and its limitations.
# '''Multiple Perspectives''': For each topic, present evidence ratings from both traditional and modern scientific perspectives.
# '''Evolving System''': Implement a system that can evolve based on user feedback and new developments in epistemology and cross-cultural research.
# '''Collaborative Approach''': Engage with scholars from various disciplines (anthropology, philosophy of science, religious studies, etc.) to refine the classification system.
# '''Case Studies''': Use detailed case studies to illustrate how different types of evidence are weighed and integrated.
# '''Acknowledge Limitations''': Clearly state the limitations of any classification system, especially when dealing with subjective experiences and culturally-specific practices.

By implementing a nuanced, multi-faceted approach to evidence classification, EmergeWiki can set a new standard for integrating diverse knowledge systems while maintaining scientific rigor and respecting traditional wisdom.</blockquote>

Approaches to Traditional Evidence

2025-04-16T15:58:33Z

StevenEgan:

== Opportunities and Challenges ==
A vast range of traditions have explored [[Emergent Phenomena]] for at least thousands and likely tens of thousands of years across diverse cultural contexts and with a range of [[wikipedia:Epistemology|epistemic frames]], meaning understands of how we know what we know, as well as pragmatic and [[wikipedia:Soteriology|soteriological]] concerns, meaning what saves us from what.

{{Template:Infobox Books}}

This provides a vast wealth of knowledge of emergent phenomenology, practices, effects, conceptual, ontological, and taxonomic frameworks, and other forms of knowledge. This is obviously imbedded to various degrees in a range of cultural contexts, some the context in which the tradition arose, and others in new contexts into which the traditional forms of knowledge have been imported, incorporated, modified, hybridized, adapted, and otherwise changed from their original forms in an ongoing, evolutionary process.

These systems of knowledge provide profound opportunities for the global clinical mainstream to better understand not only the specific beliefs, cultures, and practices found in various specific individuals and communities, but also potentially universally applicable modalities that may improve outcomes across a range of fronts related not only to wellness and healing, but also to more fundamental improvements in the human condition and the potential benefits of those for broader societies, regions, and ecosystems.

However, in contemporary global mainstream clinical, scientific, public health, legal, etc. contexts, there is an understandable concern with the [[wikipedia:Hierarchy_of_evidence|hierarchy of evidence]] quality, typically ranging from the low end of expert opinion and culminating in the summit of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.

Here is a response from Claude 3.5 Sonnet about this particular question of evidence quality of traditional systems (see [[Approaches to AI/LLM Evidence]]) generated 19 September 2024.<blockquote>'''Evidence Quality Classification for Traditional and Modern Practices'''

'''Current Challenges'''

# '''Temporal Disparity''': Traditional practices have millennia of accumulated experience, while modern scientific methods are relatively recent.
# '''Epistemological Differences''': Traditional knowledge systems often have different ways of knowing and validating information compared to modern scientific approaches.
# '''Cultural Context''': Practices and their effects may be deeply embedded in specific cultural contexts, making generalization difficult.
# '''Colonial Influences''': The interpretation and documentation of traditional practices have been influenced by colonial perspectives, potentially distorting their representation.
# '''Evolving Epistemic Frames''': The understanding and documentation of practices have changed over time, influenced by various philosophical and scientific paradigms.

'''Existing Evidence Classification Systems'''

Most existing evidence classification systems are designed for modern scientific research and may not adequately address the unique aspects of traditional practices. However, some systems have attempted to incorporate broader types of evidence:

# '''GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation)''':
#* Primarily used in healthcare
#* Considers observational studies and expert opinion, but still prioritizes randomized controlled trials
# '''Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Levels of Evidence''':
#* Includes expert opinion and mechanism-based reasoning
#* Still heavily weighted towards modern research methodologies
# '''USPSTF (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) Grade Definitions''':
#* Considers the overall evidence, including consistency across studies
#* Limited in addressing very long-term, culturally-specific practices

'''Proposed Approaches for Integrating Traditional and Modern Evidence'''

# '''Mixed Methods Evidence Hierarchy''':
#* Incorporate qualitative research methods alongside quantitative ones
#* Give weight to long-term observational data and case studies
# '''Cultural Validity Framework''':
#* Assess evidence based on its relevance and validity within specific cultural contexts
#* Consider the longevity and consistency of practices across generations
# '''Phenomenological Evidence Scale''':
#* Develop a scale that gives weight to consistent reported experiences across diverse populations and time periods
#* Include measures for the depth and quality of phenomenological descriptions
# '''Historical Consistency Index''':
#* Create a metric that assesses the consistency of reported effects and practices over extended periods
#* Factor in the evolution of documentation methods and epistemic frames
# '''Cross-Cultural Corroboration System''':
#* Evaluate practices based on their presence and reported effects across multiple, independent cultural traditions
#* Consider the degree of isolation between cultures as a factor in corroboration strength
# '''Integrative Evidence Synthesis''':
#* Develop a framework that combines traditional knowledge, modern scientific findings, and phenomenological reports
#* Use a multi-dimensional approach that doesn't inherently prioritize one type of evidence over others
# '''Epistemic Diversity Scale''':
#* Create a scale that gives higher weight to findings that have been validated across multiple epistemic frameworks (e.g., traditional, scientific, phenomenological)
#* Consider the independence and diversity of these frameworks in the weighting

'''Recommendations for EmergeWiki'''

# '''Develop a Custom Classification System''': Create a unique evidence classification system that integrates elements from existing systems with new categories that respect traditional knowledge.
# '''Transparent Documentation''': Clearly explain the rationale behind the classification system and its limitations.
# '''Multiple Perspectives''': For each topic, present evidence ratings from both traditional and modern scientific perspectives.
# '''Evolving System''': Implement a system that can evolve based on user feedback and new developments in epistemology and cross-cultural research.
# '''Collaborative Approach''': Engage with scholars from various disciplines (anthropology, philosophy of science, religious studies, etc.) to refine the classification system.
# '''Case Studies''': Use detailed case studies to illustrate how different types of evidence are weighed and integrated.
# '''Acknowledge Limitations''': Clearly state the limitations of any classification system, especially when dealing with subjective experiences and culturally-specific practices.

By implementing a nuanced, multi-faceted approach to evidence classification, EmergeWiki can set a new standard for integrating diverse knowledge systems while maintaining scientific rigor and respecting traditional wisdom.</blockquote>

Work:Technical requirements and tasks

2025-03-13T16:24:40Z

StevenEgan:

'''High Priority:
Restricting Work namespace to Users only being able to view'''. (complete)'''

Permissions groups and structures to be implemented with Sasha on 13/3.

File upload to be enabled.

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Work:Technical requirements and tasks

2025-03-13T16:21:12Z

StevenEgan:

'''High Priority:
Restricting Work namespace to Users only being able to view'''. (complete)'''

Permissions groups and structures to be implemented with Sasha on 13/3. File upload and Moderation modules to also be explored.

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Work:Technical requirements and tasks

2025-03-10T15:20:07Z

StevenEgan: /* Adding of the following extensions: */

Clinical Configuration

2025-03-03T14:47:23Z

StevenEgan:

'''Back end'''

'''Namespace configuration''' will need to include:

'''Permissions'''

Create page - no, unless submitted for moderation first

Edit - perhaps

Comment - perhaps

'''Moderation'''

Required for all three,

'''Front End'''

'''Template''' will need to include:

* ''Basic demographics;''
* ''Views on emergence in general,'' ''typologies of EPEEs, normal VS abnormal, and developmental models;''
* ''Key concepts;''
* ''Practices, challenges, and managing them;''
* ''Ethics;''
* ''Fundamental Ontology (ies)''
* ''Soteriological doctrine''
* ''Preferred linguistics''
* ''Beliefs and views''.

'''Infoboxes''' will need to include:

'''Editing policy on page'''

'''Guide for contributors'''

'''Ontological Policy'''

'''Structuring system - which Categories can be applied? (Based on Multi-dimensional model renamed as Themes and Domains)'''

Synthesis Configuration

2025-03-03T14:45:16Z

StevenEgan:

'''Back end'''

'''Namespace configuration''' will need to include:

'''Permissions'''

Create page - no (Olivier commissions and then posts article). What about people he invites to contribute? Do they contribute here, or in Traditions.

Edit - yes (at a certain point)

Comment - yes

'''Moderation'''

Required for all three activities

'''<br />Front End'''

'''Template''' will need to include:

* ''Basic demographics;''
* ''Views on emergence in general,'' ''typologies of EPEEs, normal VS abnormal, and developmental models;''
* ''Key concepts;''
* ''Practices, challenges, and managing them;''
* ''Ethics;''
* ''Fundamental Ontology (ies)''
* ''Soteriological doctrine''
* ''Preferred linguistics''
* ''Beliefs and views''.

'''Infoboxes''' will need to include:

'''Editing policy on page'''

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'''Ontological Policy'''

'''Structuring system - which Categories can be applied? (Based on Multi-dimensional model renamed as Themes and Domains)'''

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|> This is structured according to EOP questions and the structure of my early “Management Strategies” Zenkit collection

> Should incorporate Daniel’s responses to EOP questionnaire, merged with current contents of zenkit “management” collection
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# Clinical encounters
## Initial encounter and therapeutic relationship
## Involving secondary sources of information
# Key clinical competencies
## Cultural competency: Awareness of traditional “maps” of the main religious, spiritual, mystical, wisdom (r/s/m/w) traditions
## EPEE competency…
## Awareness of the impact of appraisals and interpretations on outcomes, some education on metaphysics and worldviews
# Safety Assessment and Protective Factors
# Subjective Experience VS. Clinical Observations
# Key Indicators for Differential Diagnosis
# Disposition
# Complications and Their Management > ''a list of common complication types, and for each of them, have some information on differential diagnosis and suggested clinical interventions or non-clinical approaches, e.g.'':
## General differential diagnosis guidelines
## Energy-like phenomena
### Severe chronic or acute problems with energy-like phenomena and/or spontaneous movements
## Peak experiences and mania
## Post-peak experience “Crash”, or “Chronic or acute problems with challenging mindstates with existential components, possibly following peak experience” aka Dark night of the soul
## Bipolar-like patterns and emergent cycling
## Challenging changes to sense of reality or personality
## Existential or Ontological “shock”
## Psychotic-like symptoms: Visions, Hallucinations, etc.
## The “Powers” and “PSI”
## Other EPEEs
### Perception changes and Hallucinogen Persistent Perception Disorder
# Pharmaceutical Modalities
# Non-Pharmaceutical Modalities

Traditions configuration

2025-03-03T14:41:26Z

StevenEgan:

'''Back end'''

'''Namespace configuration''' will need to include:

'''Permissions'''

Create page - yes

Edit - no

Comment - no

'''Moderation'''

Achieved through Template and orientation material

'''Front end'''

'''Template''' will need to include:

* ''Basic demographics; (numbers of people in tradition) - don't highlight this (infobox) >'' [Is this really needed or do we link to wikipedia which has all this info and more?]
* ''[''The following is the core element of the traditional template''] Views on emergence in general,'' ''typologies of EPEEs, normal VS abnormal, and developmental models;'' ''i.e. what is ok and what is not, how do you deal with them when they arise'' > Structure this according to the DSM stuff! DSM 5 categories for religious exemption (structure questions around the categories e.g. hallucination, psychosis, etc. What would you say applies to this exemption according to your tradition?)
* ''Beliefs and views (what are you?) nature of experience, consciousness, humans''
** Beliefs, Views, Metaphysics — e.g. reality, substance, causality, properties, relations, categories of beings, universals, particulars, space, time, freedom, …, these are some of the topic of metaphysics (Sjösdedt-Hughes, 2023).
**# Ontology
**#* Nature of Reality
**#** Substantialist views
**#*** Monisms
**#**** Idealist Monisms — Solipsism, Immaterialism, etc.
**#**** Materialist Monisms — Physicalism, Eliminativism, Behaviorism, Emergentism, Epiphenomenalism, etc.
**#**** Other Monisms — Neutral monism, Panpsychism, Biopsychism, Theistic Monism (Islam), etc.
**#*** Dualisms — Mind-body Dualism, Interactionism
**#*** Pluralisms — Platonic Theory of Ideas, Animism, Infinite Aspects Monism (Spinoza), Triune God (arguably, Catholicism, though usually thought of as a monotheism with three hyposthases)
**#** Non-substantialist Metaphysics
**#*** Phenomenological Ontologies — Michel Henry’s non-intentional phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty’s Endo-ontology
**#*** Functionalism (Bitbol, 2010) (Ernst Cassirer: Subject/Object, the cognitive relation, has no ontological grounding, only a functional one)
**#*** Non-foundationalist non-substantialism — Thinkers and traditions that hold there is no intrinsic ultimate substance nor a specific ultimate origin or foundation to phenomena, and that such concepts are in fact mistaken. Meister Eckhart seemed close to this, Parmenides as well, Buddhist philosophy of dependent origination (inter-being) and Emptiness (e.g. Madhyamika philosophy), perhaps Nietzsche, William James, Rob Burbea, etc.
**#** Agnosticism
**#* Real beings? Categories of beings? Order of beings?
**#** Deity/Deities, pantheon
**#*** Monotheism, Polytheism, Pantheism, Deism, Panentheism, Atheism, etc.
**#*** Creator God ?
**#** Hierarchy of beings, ex : Quantum Bayesianism; String Theory; Periodic Table of the Elements; Celestial hierarchies (Pseudo-Dionysius) ; Greek Pantheon (Dodecatheism) ; The Great Chain of Being; etc.
**#** True Nature of Ultimate Being - ex : Brahman; Śūnyatā
**#** True Nature of Beings - ex : Transcendent Realism (e.g. Angels really exist somewhere); Immortal Soul; Atman; Non-essentialism (Śūnyatā); Atomism
**#** True Nature of phenomenal existence and individual subjectivity - ex : Maya, illusory; The thing in itself (Kant); Phenomenalism: phenomena (including perhaps angels) do appear but do not have “real”, inherent reality, being, or substance “behind” or “underneath” phenomena.
**# Cosmology
**#* Origins and Ends
**#** of the Cosmos — e.g. Creation in 7 days; Causation without foundation (Bitbol, 2014) ; Dependent Origination: no foundation but radical interdependence); Continual creation (Bergson); Big Bang
**#** of Beings
**#* Laws ruling the Cosmos — ex : God’s Will; Karma
**#** Man's place in the Cosmos;
**#** Status and Nature of individual agency - ex : Free Will
* ''Epistemics (where does the knowledge come from? divine revelation/textual/etc.)''
*# Epistemology —Whence does valid knowledge/perception/cognition arise ?
*#* Sources of knowledge — e.g. Perception (Direct perception: Phenomenology, Pramana), Reflection/Reasoning, Faith, Reliable testimony, Revelation, Intuition, Authority — Scriptures, Religious Figures…, Experimental reproducibility/falsifiability…
*#* Logic — E.g. Inference, Comparison and analogy, Self-evidence/Apodicticity, Postulation, derivation - Induction, Truth and Justification, Valid Cognition
*#* Theory of mind, knower/known
* ''Soteriological doctrine what saves you and what are you being saved from''
** Soteriology - This is related to but not the same as Metaphysics. What is Salvation ? How is it attained ? What is it we need to be saved from? e.g.: Experiential knowledge (Buddhism), Knowledge (Gnosticism), Faith and Devotion (Catholicism), Different possibilities (Hinduism sees Jñana, Karma, Bhakti, as different but equally valid paths to salvation).
* ''Preferred linguistics and key concepts woven through the document (Olivier notes: I've begun something like this in Zenkit in the [https://base.zenkit.com/c/MvVVa4gC_2/lexicon Lexicon] collection which can be integrated)''
*
* [Possible additional elements]
** ''Authority''
*** ''Scriptural''
*** ''Temporal - Organized Religion ? Clergy ? Hierarchies ?''
** ''Rituals and Practices (e.g. Rituals of Devotion, Dietary practices, Meditative practices);''
** ''Religious Institutions and Affiliation''
** ''Modes of Living, Codes and Precepts (ex : Priesthood, Monasticism, Laity)''
** ''Ethical principles;''

'''Infoboxes''' will need to include:

Bullet point details

'''Editing policy on pages'''

'''Guide for contributors'''

'''Structuring system - which Categories can be applied?'''

Etic

Emic

# Abrahamic

## Christianity
### Nicene Christianity
#### Catholicism — Note by Daniel: Catholicism has as one of its features a remarkable capacity for local syncretism, very often adopting, enfolding, informing, etc. local religions, saints, spirits, traditions, rituals, particularly in Central and South America and Africa, but in other places also, giving many of these very different flavors and thus likely relationships to emergent phenomena, etc.
##### Latin Church
###### Jesuits
###### Carmelites
###### Franciscans
###### Dominicans
###### Cistercians
###### Beguines and Beghards
##### Eastern Catholic Church
### Protestantism
#### Pentecostalism – 280 million
#### Anglicanism – 110 million
#### Baptist churches – 100 million
#### Nondenominational Christianity – 80–100 million
#### Lutheranism – 70–90 million
#### Methodism – 60–80 million
#### Reformed churches (Calvinism) – 60–80 million
#### African initiated churches – 60 million
#### Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches - 25 million
#### Eastern Protestant Christianity – 22 million
#### Adventism – 21.80 million
#### New Apostolic Church – 10 million
#### Restorationism – 7 million
#### Anabaptism – 4 million
#### Local churches – 1 to 10 million
#### Plymouth Brethren – 1 million
#### Hussites – 1 million
#### Quakers – 0.4 million
#### Messianic Judaism – 0.3 million
### Orthodox Christianity
#### Eastern Orthodoxy
##### Greek Orthodox Pratriarchates or Churches
###### Constantinople
###### Alexandria
###### Antioch
###### Jerusalem
###### Russia
###### Serbia
###### Romania
###### Bulgaria
###### Georgia
###### Cyprus
###### Greece
###### Poland
###### Albania
###### Czech Lands and Slovakia
###### North Macedonia
#### Oriental Orthodox Churches
##### Coptic Orthodox
##### Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
##### Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo
##### Syriac Orthodox
##### Armenian Apostolic
##### Malankara Orthodox Syrian
##### Western Orthodoxy
#### Evangelical Christianity
#### Restorationist
##### Mormon/Latter-day Saint movement (17 million members)
##### Jehovah's Witnesses (8.7 million members)
## Islam
### Sunnīsm
#### Ḥanafī Sunnīsm (45%)
#### Shāfiʿī Sunnīsm (28%)
#### Mālikī Sunnīsm (15%)
#### Ḥanbalī Sunnīsm (2%)
### Shī‘ism
#### Twelver Shīʿīsm (8.5%)
#### Zaydī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
#### Ismāʿīlī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
##### Ghulat
### Kharījism
### Sufīsm
### Ahmadiyya movement
### Salafism
### Wahhabism
## Judaism
### Hassidism
### Kabbalah
### Ultraorthodox
# Hinduism — Note by Daniel: Hinduism, as much as contemporary nationalist movements want to make it a coherent religion, is nothing of the kind, with probably more local gods, variants, diversity of view, etc. than any other tradition on this list.
## Advaita Vedānta
## Arya Samaj
## ISKCON (Hare Krishna)
## Sant Mat traditions
## Shaivism
## Shaktism
## Smartism
## Vaishnavism
## Yogic Schools
### Bhakti yoga
### Hatha yoga
### Jñana yoga
### Karma yoga
### Kundalini Yoga
### Raja yoga
# Buddhism
## Mahāyāna Buddhism
### Madhyamaka
### Yogacāra
### Pure Land
### Zen
#### Soto
#### Rinzai
#### Ch’an
## Vajrayāna Buddhism
### Tantra
### Dzogchen
### Mahāmūdra
### Shingon: sort of Zen meets Vajrayana
## Theravāda Buddhism: this itself has huge internal diversity
## Regional traditions > not sure here?
### Contemporary Western Buddhism
### Japanese New Religious Movements (Soka Gakkai)
### Korean Buddhism
### Nichiren Buddhism
### Thai Forest Tradition
### Tibetan Buddhism
### Vietnamese Buddhism
# Folk Traditions
## African traditional religions
## African Diasporic religions (Vodou, Candomblé, Umbanda)
## Australian Aboriginal religions
## Baltic paganism
## Chinese folk religions
## Native American religions
## Nordic pre-Christian traditions
## Pacific Islander religions
## Slavic paganism
## Vietnamese folk religion (Đạo Mẫu)
# Other Traditions
## Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophical Schools
## Ancient Egypt
## Confucianism
## Druze faith
## Falun Gong
## Gnosticism
## Hermetism
## Jainism
## Magical or occult practices
## Mandaeism
## Manichaeism
## Martial Arts
## Neoplatonism
## New Religious Movements
### Ásatrú/Heathenry
### Baha'i Faith
### Cao Dai
### Discordianism
### Druidry
### IOT/Chaos
### Japanese new religious movements (Oomoto, Seicho-no-Ie)
### Kimbanguism
### Neopaganism
### Korean new religious movements (Cheondoism, Jeungsanism)
### New Age spirituality
### OTO
### Raëlism
### Rastafarianism
### Samaritanism
### Santeria
### Scientology
### Tenrikyo
### Thelema
### Vietnamese Hòa Hảo
### Wicca
## Orphism
## Other
## Perennialism
## Shinto
## Shamanism
### Siberian shamanic traditions
### Korean shamanism (Muism)
## Sikhism
## Spiritism
## Western Esotericism
### Alchemy
### Astrology
### Freemasonry
### Gnosticism
### Hermeticism
### Illuminism
### Kabbalah
### Neoplatonism
### Rosicrucianism
### Tenrikyo
### Theosophy
## Taoism
## Transcendental meditation
## Western Mindfulness Movement
## Yazidism
## Zoroastrianism

Work:Base

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== Work pages ==
[[Configuration Pages]] -setup

[[Technical requirements and tasks]]

[[Contributors]]

[[General Task list]]

[[Permissions]]

Permissions

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Tasks to be accomplished (Please add your name next to something if you are taking on this task)

== Current work plan ==

Beata and Steven will finalise the Traditions template, with Olivier's oversight, incorporating the DSM material as indicated by Daniel. They will then begin approaching religious organisations to create pages. Olivier will contact EPRC members to write what they wish. Olivier will work on where each one goes. Once a pool of pages has developed, Olivier will begin to look at more detailed structuring of the wiki beyond the namespaces (e.g. Categories).

Olivier is, in the meantime, working with Steffan on the inclusion of the zenkit material in the wiki, and the various ways this happens.

'''''General'''''

Design: Creating the various spaces needed and the design tree of how they are stacked.

Creating general orientation material - Beata is working on this.

* Welcome

* Privacy Policy
* IP and Copyright
* Legal Disclaimers
* Dispute Resolution

Creating moderation protocols and procedures for each Space

'''''Space 1 (Traditions)'''''

Create a list of all potential contributors. Research official bodies of religions and various offshoots. - Beata is working on this.

Create a specific orientation to these Spaces outlining the whole project, this particular Space, and various aspects such as the ability for them to use their own language, ontology, epistemology etc. Plus a guide on what to focus on (this is laid out in “Information for Contributors”). Also provide list of relevant templates and infoboxes. - Beata.

Set up moderation guidelines for entries, and inform contributors of them. - Beata.

Ensure the wiki set up is a easy as possible for Users to access their Page and start posting content. - Steven

Invite organisations and set up pages and accesses

Conduct a literature review for ‘official’ documents on mysticism/emergence for inclusion (Olivier’s database)

'''''Space 2 (Synthesis)'''''

Olivier is working on this space

'''''Space 3 (Clinical)'''''

tbc

* This page was last edited on 29 December 2024, at 14:56.

Work:Technical requirements and tasks

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'''High Priority:
Restricting Work namespace to Users only being able to view'''

=== Ongoing ===
A working out of Permissions structures for the various Spaces, which may require more coding

Spaces:

Traditions

Synthesis

Clinical

=== Adding of the following extensions: ===
Moderation extension

Extend the "hlist" function to be able to include more than 10 list items in one list

Citation

ContactPage

ContentTranslation

FlaggedRevs - for Tradition pages

NearbyPages

Category Tree

CharInsert

Phonos

Special Pages

Category Tree

Categories

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== Pages ==

=== '''Spaces''' ===
'''[[Traditions configuration]]'''

'''[[Synthesis Configuration]]'''

'''[[Clinical Configuration]]'''

=== Misc. Pages ===
'''Welcome'''

'''General Orientation'''

'''Index'''

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=== EPRC contributors[edit | edit source] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Name'''
|'''Potential area of contribution'''
|'''Reached out to? (Y/N)'''
|'''Wishes to contribute? (Y/N)'''
|-
|Attila Szabo
|Psychoneuroimmunology of psychedelics, clinical applications, ASCs
|N
|
|-
|Seb Ehmann
|Comprehensive review of the neuroscience of advanced meditation
|Y
|Y
|-
|Michael Lydon
|Emotions and memory reconsolidation in mindfulness meditation
|Y
|Y
|-
|Chad Gilbert
|Eastern Orthodox and Chinese practices
|Y but should reach out again as long ago
|(Y to be confirmed)
|-
|Damien Roy/Sabine Rabourding
| -Comprehensive OBE literature review, -Microphenomenology of OBEs
|Y
|
|-
|Peirce Salguero
| -History of asian religions and medicine
-Source-texts on meditation related adverse-effects

-Cross-traditional research on the full process of emergence/realization

-Has experience with this sort of project and I’ll ask for feedback on this plan
|N
|
|-
|Chris “Floats” W
|Uniquely detailed float tank phenomenology (OBE, visions, etc.), literature review, and practice
|Y
|
|-
|Helena Daly
|End-of-life experiences including “transpersonal” dreams
Sleep, hypnagogic and hypnompompic experiences
|N
|
|-
|Brian Spittles
| -History of the DSMs, psychiatry, and psychosis
-Critique of psychiatry
|Y
|
|-
|Olivier Sandilands
| -Medical Ethics and EPEEs
|Y
|Y
|-
|James W. Sanders
| -DMT microphenomenology
|N
|N
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Denomination'''
|'''Main sects'''
|'''Key leadership centers'''
|'''Possible allies'''
|'''Contacts'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |Islam
|Sunni
|Al-Azhar University
|
|
|-
|Shia
|The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
The Najaf Seminary
|<nowiki>https://www.iis.ac.uk/our-people/</nowiki>
Ali al-Sistani
|
|-
|Khariji
|
|Sheikh Ahmad bin Hamad Al-Khalili
|
|-
|Sufi
|Mouride Brotherhood in Senegal
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |Christianity
|Catholic
|Vatican
|Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Pope’s worldwide prayer network

Dicastery for Culture and Education
|The author of this Dictionary of miracles and of the christian extraordinary might be interesting to approach for an overview…
|-
|Protestant
|The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)
|<nowiki>https://wcrc.eu/about/members/</nowiki>
|
|-
|Orthodox
|Mount Athos
Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox church

Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church
|<nowiki>https://agionoros.org/</nowiki>
<nowiki>https://ec-patr.org/</nowiki>

<nowiki>http://www.patriarchia.ru/</nowiki>
|
|-
|Evangelical
|World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)
Wheaton College
|
|<nowiki>https://worldea.org/contact-us/</nowiki>
|-
|Hinduism
|
|Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |Buddhism
|Theravada
|
|
|
|-
|Mahayana
|Fo Guang Shan (global reach)
Jogyesa Temple (Korea)

Shaolin Temple (China, Chan roots)

Eihei-ji (Japan temple, Zen)
|
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|-
|Vajrayana
|Central Tibetan Administration
|
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|-
|Judaism
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|Other
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|}

=== Scholars[edit | edit source] ===
We could recruit the Let’s talk religion guy or ask for his feedback.

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|Physiatry
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== Work pages ==
[[Configuration Pages]]

[[Technical requirements and tasks]]

[[Contributors]]

[[General Task list]]

[[Permissions]]

Work:General Task list

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StevenEgan:

Tasks to be accomplished (Please add your name next to something if you are taking on this task)

Current work plan

Beata and Steven will finalise the Traditions template, with Olivier's oversight, incorporating the DSM material as indicated by Daniel. They will then begin approaching religious organisations to create pages. Olivier will contact EPRC members to write what they wish. Olivier will work on where each one goes. Once a pool of pages has developed, Olivier will begin to look at more detailed structuring of the wiki beyond the namespaces (e.g. Categories).

Olivier is, in the meantime, working with Steffan on the inclusion of the zenkit material in the wiki, and the various ways this happens.

'''''General'''''

Design: Creating the various spaces needed and the design tree of how they are stacked.

Creating general orientation material - Beata is working on this.

* Welcome

* Privacy Policy
* IP and Copyright
* Legal Disclaimers
* Dispute Resolution

Creating moderation protocols and procedures for each Space

'''''Space 1 (Traditions)'''''

Create a list of all potential contributors. Research official bodies of religions and various offshoots. - Beata is working on this.

Create a specific orientation to these Spaces outlining the whole project, this particular Space, and various aspects such as the ability for them to use their own language, ontology, epistemology etc. Plus a guide on what to focus on (this is laid out in “Information for Contributors”). Also provide list of relevant templates and infoboxes. - Beata.

Set up moderation guidelines for entries, and inform contributors of them. - Beata.

Ensure the wiki set up is a easy as possible for Users to access their Page and start posting content. - Steven

Invite organisations and set up pages and accesses

Conduct a literature review for ‘official’ documents on mysticism/emergence for inclusion (Olivier’s database)

'''''Space 2 (Synthesis)'''''

Olivier is working on this space

'''''Space 3 (Clinical)'''''

tbc

* This page was last edited on 29 December 2024, at 14:56.

Work:General Task list

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StevenEgan:

Tasks to be accomplished (Please add your name next to something if you are taking on this task)

'''''General'''''

Design: Creating the various spaces needed and the design tree of how they are stacked.

Creating general orientation material - Beata is working on this.

* Welcome

* Privacy Policy
* IP and Copyright
* Legal Disclaimers
* Dispute Resolution

Creating moderation protocols and procedures for each Space

'''''Space 1 (Traditions)'''''

Create a list of all potential contributors. Research official bodies of religions and various offshoots. - Beata is working on this.

Create a specific orientation to these Spaces outlining the whole project, this particular Space, and various aspects such as the ability for them to use their own language, ontology, epistemology etc. Plus a guide on what to focus on (this is laid out in “Information for Contributors”). Also provide list of relevant templates and infoboxes. - Beata.

Set up moderation guidelines for entries, and inform contributors of them. - Beata.

Ensure the wiki set up is a easy as possible for Users to access their Page and start posting content. - Steven

Invite organisations and set up pages and accesses

Conduct a literature review for ‘official’ documents on mysticism/emergence for inclusion (Olivier’s database)

'''''Space 2 (Synthesis)'''''

Olivier is working on this space

'''''Space 3 (Clinical)'''''

tbc

* This page was last edited on 29 December 2024, at 14:56.

General Task list

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Tasks to be accomplished (Please add your name next to something if you are taking on this task)

'''''General'''''

Design: Creating the various spaces needed and the design tree of how they are stacked.

Creating general orientation material - Beata is working on this.

* Welcome

* Privacy Policy
* IP and Copyright
* Legal Disclaimers
* Dispute Resolution

Creating moderation protocols and procedures for each Space

'''''Space 1 (Traditions)'''''

Create a list of all potential contributors. Research official bodies of religions and various offshoots. - Beata is working on this.

Create a specific orientation to these Spaces outlining the whole project, this particular Space, and various aspects such as the ability for them to use their own language, ontology, epistemology etc. Plus a guide on what to focus on (this is laid out in “Information for Contributors”). Also provide list of relevant templates and infoboxes. - Beata.

Set up moderation guidelines for entries, and inform contributors of them. - Beata.

Ensure the wiki set up is a easy as possible for Users to access their Page and start posting content.

Invite organisations and set up pages and accesses

Conduct a literature review for ‘official’ documents on mysticism/emergence for inclusion (Olivier’s database)

'''''Space 2 (Phenomenonology/Scientific)'''''

Design - Structure according to MDF, re-named as Themes and Domains

Moderation policies

Protocols for contribution

Creation of moderation team

'''''Space 4 (Clinical)'''''

Design layout (Daniel?)

Research into who to approach for contribution and how to present

Protocols for contribution

Creation of moderation team

* This page was last edited on 29 December 2024, at 14:56.

Contributors

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Work:Contributors

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=== EPRC contributors[edit | edit source] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Name'''
|'''Potential area of contribution'''
|'''Reached out to? (Y/N)'''
|'''Wishes to contribute? (Y/N)'''
|-
|Attila Szabo
|Psychoneuroimmunology of psychedelics, clinical applications, ASCs
|N
|
|-
|Seb Ehmann
|Comprehensive review of the neuroscience of advanced meditation
|Y
|Y
|-
|Michael Lydon
|Emotions and memory reconsolidation in mindfulness meditation
|Y
|Y
|-
|Chad Gilbert
|Eastern Orthodox and Chinese practices
|Y but should reach out again as long ago
|(Y to be confirmed)
|-
|Damien Roy/Sabine Rabourding
| -Comprehensive OBE literature review, -Microphenomenology of OBEs
|Y
|
|-
|Peirce Salguero
| -History of asian religions and medicine
-Source-texts on meditation related adverse-effects

-Cross-traditional research on the full process of emergence/realization

-Has experience with this sort of project and I’ll ask for feedback on this plan
|N
|
|-
|Chris “Floats” W
|Uniquely detailed float tank phenomenology (OBE, visions, etc.), literature review, and practice
|Y
|
|-
|Helena Daly
|End-of-life experiences including “transpersonal” dreams
Sleep, hypnagogic and hypnompompic experiences
|N
|
|-
|Brian Spittles
| -History of the DSMs, psychiatry, and psychosis
-Critique of psychiatry
|Y
|
|-
|Olivier Sandilands
| -Medical Ethics and EPEEs
|Y
|Y
|-
|James W. Sanders
| -DMT microphenomenology
|N
|N
|}
A list of tasks to complete for Phase 1 can be found [[Phase I To Do List|here]].

'''''Phase 2'''''

Opening the wiki to more trusted sources as a test run.

'''''Phase 3'''''

Open to the world with moderation guidelines.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Denomination'''
|'''Main sects'''
|'''Key leadership centers'''
|'''Possible allies'''
|'''Contacts'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |Islam
|Sunni
|Al-Azhar University
|
|
|-
|Shia
|The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
The Najaf Seminary
|<nowiki>https://www.iis.ac.uk/our-people/</nowiki>
Ali al-Sistani
|
|-
|Khariji
|
|Sheikh Ahmad bin Hamad Al-Khalili
|
|-
|Sufi
|Mouride Brotherhood in Senegal
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |Christianity
|Catholic
|Vatican
|Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Pope’s worldwide prayer network

Dicastery for Culture and Education
|The author of this Dictionary of miracles and of the christian extraordinary might be interesting to approach for an overview…
|-
|Protestant
|The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)
|<nowiki>https://wcrc.eu/about/members/</nowiki>
|
|-
|Orthodox
|Mount Athos
Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox church

Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church
|<nowiki>https://agionoros.org/</nowiki>
<nowiki>https://ec-patr.org/</nowiki>

<nowiki>http://www.patriarchia.ru/</nowiki>
|
|-
|Evangelical
|World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)
Wheaton College
|
|<nowiki>https://worldea.org/contact-us/</nowiki>
|-
|Hinduism
|
|Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |Buddhism
|Theravada
|
|
|
|-
|Mahayana
|Fo Guang Shan (global reach)
Jogyesa Temple (Korea)

Shaolin Temple (China, Chan roots)

Eihei-ji (Japan temple, Zen)
|
|
|-
|Vajrayana
|Central Tibetan Administration
|
|
|-
|Judaism
|
|
|
|
|-
|Other
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|}

=== Scholars[edit | edit source] ===
We could recruit the Let’s talk religion guy or ask for his feedback.

Technical requirements and tasks

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Work:Technical requirements and tasks

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High Priority:
Giving edit access to created namespaces

Ongoing

A working out of Permissions structures for the various Spaces, which may require more coding

Spaces:

Traditions

Synthesis

Clinical

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== Welcome! ==
The EmergeWiki is designed to

* '''crowdsource''' and '''synthesize''' vast and diverse sources of information
* to distill these into '''actionable [[Clinical Recommendations]]''' and '''other policy statements and best practices''' on how to skillfully relate to the '''deep end of human experience''' — what many would term spiritual, mystical, magical/psi, energetic, psychedelic, and related phenomena and effects — what we term [[Emergent Phenomena]] Experiences and Effects ([[EPEEs]]).
* in a way that '''promotes good outcomes.'''
It will compile information from the various traditions, cultures, religions, etc. with them representing themselves ''as they wish to be represented,'' consider this through the lens of patterns in a way that may have clinical applicability, and attempt the difficult, ongoing conversation of how to translate this diverse body of information into actionable clinical recommendations that scale and make a positive difference.

Its intention is also to be incorporated into [[wikipedia:Large_language_model|Large Language Models]], as these are increasingly informing clinical care, public information acquisition, and synthesis. It is intended to augment, enhance, and improve current clinical standards of care and best practices (but not replace them, as this is not designed to be a comprehensive resource on its own).

It is a continuation of a vast and complicated conversation that has occurred for millennia across diverse traditions, languages, cultures, and locations, but with the specific goal of supporting actionable, clinical information today. It is no substitute for human judgement and expertise, but may support it.

It is an experiment in how information from many traditions that have particular ontologies as diverse and apparently contradictory as, for example, [[wikipedia:Materialism|Materialism]], [[wikipedia:Mind–body_dualism|Cartesian Dualism]], [[wikipedia:Double-aspect_theory|Dual Aspect Monism]], [[wikipedia:Idealism|Idealism]], etc. may yet yield practical clinical guidelines and information that scale globally across diverse cultural settings, drawing on the concepts of [[Ontological Agnosticism]] or [[Ontological Neutrality]], and add value to supporting Emergent Phenomena through focusing primarily on developing [[wikipedia:Therapeutic_relationship|therapeutic relationships]] and what promotes good outcomes.

It is also an experiment in the application of practical [[Linguistic Scalability]], meaning what language can scale globally in the same way as other global professional and technical lexicons, such as [[wikipedia:Taxonomy_(biology)|biological taxonomy]].

Its goal is to facilitate sophisticated understandings of [[Emergent Phenomena]] and the vast range of consequences of [[Emergent Modalities]] up to and including doctoral and post-doctoral levels of functional knowledge.

== Structure ==
EmergeWiki has three Namespaces: Traditions, Synthesis, and Clinical, each with its own purpose, culture, moderators, standards, and requirements.

* Traditions: A space for the traditions, such as religions, academic disciplines, spiritual practices, related communities, etc. to represent themselves as they wish to be known, with their own ontological, epistemic, soteriological, linguist, cultural, practical, etc. aspects explained as they are and as they wish to be known and understood by the clinical, scientific, public health, and public mainstreams, with a focus on [[Emergent Phenomena]]. This is the most encyclopedic aspect of EmergeWiki.
* Synthesis: A space to explore, debate, discuss, and synthesize the patterns, commonalities, differences, phenomenology, meta-ontologics, meta-epistemics, etc. that we find in the Traditions Namespace. This is a place to form and forge in the fires of diverse human attention taxonomies, typologies, lexicons, etc. and to engage in all the rich, messy, human, imperfect, earnest conversation required to form and inform the Clinical Namespace. This space is the least encyclopedic in terms of simply describing things as they are on their own terms, but also most operational, the most complicated, the most controversial, and is designed to be a melting pot of ideas, a way to be transparent about the conversation that flows organically from the Traditions to refinements and simplifications found in Clinical recommendations.
* Clinical: A space for formal clinical recommendations. Think of this as a space that could form the basis and perhaps body of a doctoral level subspecialty that owned and furthered functional, practical, clinically applicable doctoral-level knowledge of [[Emergent phenomena]]. This is the most tightly moderated, carefully controlled section of EmergeWiki. Think of it as where the textbook of the specialty is written in a refined form, informed by the previous two layers, and, while being aware of the controversies and complexities, the areas of ignorance and ambiguity, yet, still, striving for definitive recommendations to inform beneficial, ethical, respectful global standards of care that improve outcomes that could be tested on a subspecialty board exam.

== EmergeWiki and the Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium (EPRC) ==
EmergeWiki is designed to support the roadmap and [https://hypernotes.zenkit.com/i/UFIY1UO1cp/84TWK0BwQlq/eprc-white-paper-home Whitepaper of the EPRC] and the work of its allies, which also fit topically into the larger structure of the [https://theeprc.org/ EPRC] roadmap. It is a structured, comprehensive, systematic, strategic, long-term, ethical plan for positive global systems change and meet specific epistemic requirements and preferences. The EPRC plan is broken down into [https://hypernotes.zenkit.com/i/UFIY1UO1cp/PPFsCq6iSF/the-projects Projects] which support each other, overlap in key ways, and act on many fronts to have significant impact.

== Audience ==
Its intended audiences are diverse global clinical, medical, mental health, and public health providers, psychedelic and meditation practitioners and facilitators of those and related practices, as well everyone else interested in these topics, including experiencers, family members, facilitators, government officials, healthcare administrators, policy specialists, insurance providers, and attorneys, as well as many others, basically anyone at all interested in or impacted by [[Emergent Phenomena]].

== Supporting Organizations ==
It is a joint project of the 501(c)(3) charity [https://ebenefactors.org/ Emergence Benefactors], the [https://theeprc.org/ Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium] (EPRC), and the [[Allies of the EPRC]].

== Donate ==
EmergeWiki is offered freely, in the legal and ethical spirit of the [[wikipedia:Good_Samaritan_law|Good Samaritan]], [[wikipedia:Public_good_(economics)|public good]], [[wikipedia:Open_source|open source]], and [[wikipedia:Open_science|open science]], in an effort to further the mandates of contemporary [[wikipedia:Medical_ethics|medical ethics]] as they apply to the deep end of human experience and potential.

In that same spirit, if you wish to support the building and maintenance of the EmergeWiki specifically or the work of Emergence Benefactors and the EPRC and its allies in general, '''[https://www.every.org/emergewiki please donate here]. Thanks!'''

== For Contributors ==
For our kind and generous contributors: Consult the [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Contents|MediaWiki User's Guide]] for information on using the wiki software.

[[Information for Contributors]]

== Organization: Disciplines, Traditions, Specialties, and Themes ==
The organizational structure of EmergeWiki has numerous interlacing aspects to accommodate diverse data types and the diverse organizational needs those who wish to interact efficiently with that data. This organizational structure will evolve organically over time as the project grows. We will start with organizing it into:

=== Disciplines ===
[[Disciplines]] are a way of relating to EmergeWiki content based on the academic discipline(s) that cover it. Some closely align with [https://hypernotes.zenkit.com/i/UFIY1UO1cp/PPFsCq6iSF/the-projects?v=M6pP_Tb7W6 EPRC Projects], e.g. the academic discipline of [[Anthropology]] closely relating to the Anthropology Project, but other disciplines may have more complex relationships to the information here, such as theoretical and applied [[Medical Ethics]] which may interface with a wide range of Projects and other organizational structures.

=== Traditions ===
Traditions mean various religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions, and represent another way of organizing and relating to EmergeWiki content based on the [[Source Traditions]] that began this conversation thousands of years ago and may continue it to today.

=== Specialties ===
Specialties, in this case [[Clinical Specialties]], are a way of relating to and organizing the information in the EmergeWiki through the lens of the particular scope of the specialty in question. Closely related to the framework of Clinical Specialties is the resultant [[Clinical Recommendations]] which are a key output and product of EmergeWiki.

=== Thematic domains ===
[[The Multidimensional Framework]] integrates a wide range of lenses and focuses, and can be used as an alternative way of relating to the information in the EmergeWiki.

== History ==
EmergeWiki was launched on September 18th, 2024 by a small team at [https://ebenefactors.org/ Emergence Benefactors]. You can learn more here about the [[History of EmergeWiki]].

== Work ==
If you are working on the EmergeWiki then please visit the [[Work:Base|Base]] page for an outline of the design and work phases, and links to a list of tasks for Phase 1. We are also building a [[MediaWiki orientation]].

[[Phase I]]

Phase II

Phase III

== Governance ==
This will require an ongoing conversation, balancing the need for very broad inclusion and crowdsourcing information with the need for clinical guidelines presented here to be of the highest quality possible with currently available evidence.

== Getting started ==
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]

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This is the base page for Work!

Right now I need to update this. One big question that comes up for me is to we have to organise the content by namespace at all.

It seems that there are two types of groupings - Hierarchical, and Categorisation.

Hierarchical runs like this:

Three Layers

Five frontend Divisions

Further subdivisions.

Categorisation runs across these.

We also need to resolve the question of signed contributions, once Olivier has answered Daniel's points in the document.

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Work pages

[[Configuration Pages]]

[[Technical requirements and tasks]]

[[Contributors]]

[[General Task list]]

[[Permissions]]

Aesthetics

Backend Spaces:

Frontend divisions

Categorisation schemes

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'''Outline of wiki design'''

Encyclopaedic spaces - general -backend divisions

'''''Space 1 (namespace: Traditions)'''''

This will be divided into two spaces - emic (from within the tradition), etic (from without - studies, analysis etc.)

Organisations in world religions are invited to present their view of emergence/mystical experience, basically what EPEEs are normal, which are not, what to do about these, how they would like these handled by the clinical mainstream, allowed in their own language, with their own ontologies and epistemics and cultural overlay. Eg. Catholics, Pentecostal, Sufi, Shi’a, Buddhist etc. Moderation guidelines are relaxed, with an emphasis on autonomy in presentation and language used.

This will be structured according to Olivier's Typologies model.

'''''Space 2 (namespace: Scientific)'''''

A more curated layer of synthesis, covering cultural, scientific, phenomenological reports of particular phenomena looking for patterns in the spirit of “rough clinical perennialism”. This layer will focus on phenomenological patterns and taxonomy, and will need to differentiate between peer-reviewed and anecdotal evidence and be clear about evidence quality in general.

This will be structured according to Olivier's Multi-dimensional model, which we be renamed Themes and Domains

'''''Space 3 (namespace: Clinical)'''''

A heavily curated layer of clinical recommendations, overseen by MD’s and clinical practitioners. This could be designed around the structures given as answers by Daniel to the EOP, as a start to a much larger and more diverse conversation with many more voices.

Non - encyclopaedic Spaces

'''Work (namespace: to be created)'''

A non-public work space for those working on the wiki.

Each layer will require the following:

Design of space

Contributors (identifying them, inviting them, preparing them)

Guidelines and protocols for content

Moderation

Appropriate technical access set up, including permissions

[[Configuration Pages]] for Spaces are here.

'''<br />Frontend Division - managed by Categories, Templates, and Infoboxes'''

* Traditions
* Disciplines
* Experiences
* Cultivation and Management (of challenges and subclinical complications)
* Clinical recommendations (for clinical complications)

'''The Phases of work'''

'''''Phase 1'''''

Building the architecture. Putting in place the protocols, permissions, and design required. A small group invited in to test, experiment, see what is needed, request built things.

=== EPRC contributors ===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Name'''
|'''Potential area of contribution'''
|'''Reached out to? (Y/N)'''
|'''Wishes to contribute? (Y/N)'''
|-
|Attila Szabo
|Psychoneuroimmunology of psychedelics, clinical applications, ASCs
|N
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|-
|Seb Ehmann
|Comprehensive review of the neuroscience of advanced meditation
|Y
|Y
|-
|Michael Lydon
|Emotions and memory reconsolidation in mindfulness meditation
|Y
|Y
|-
|Chad Gilbert
|Eastern Orthodox and Chinese practices
|Y but should reach out again as long ago
|(Y to be confirmed)
|-
|Damien Roy/Sabine Rabourding
|<nowiki>-Comprehensive OBE literature review, -Microphenomenology of OBEs</nowiki>
|Y
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|-
|Peirce Salguero
|<nowiki>-History of asian religions and medicine</nowiki>

-Source-texts on meditation related adverse-effects

-Cross-traditional research on the full process of emergence/realization

-Has experience with this sort of project and I’ll ask for feedback on this plan
|N
|
|-
|Chris “Floats” W
|Uniquely detailed float tank phenomenology (OBE, visions, etc.), literature review, and practice
|Y
|
|-
|Helena Daly
|End-of-life experiences including “transpersonal” dreams

Sleep, hypnagogic and hypnompompic experiences
|N
|
|-
|Brian Spittles
|<nowiki>-History of the DSMs, psychiatry, and psychosis</nowiki>

-Critique of psychiatry
|Y
|
|-
|Olivier Sandilands
|<nowiki>-Medical Ethics and EPEEs</nowiki>
|Y
|Y
|-
|James W. Sanders
|<nowiki>-DMT microphenomenology</nowiki>
|N
|N
|}
A list of tasks to complete for Phase 1 can be found [[Phase I To Do List|here]].

'''''Phase 2'''''

Opening the wiki to more trusted sources as a test run.

'''''Phase 3'''''

Open to the world with moderation guidelines.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Denomination'''
|'''Main sects'''
|'''Key leadership centers'''
|'''Possible allies'''
|'''Contacts'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |Islam
|Sunni
|Al-Azhar University
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|Shia
|The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London

The Najaf Seminary
|<nowiki>https://www.iis.ac.uk/our-people/</nowiki>

Ali al-Sistani
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|-
|Khariji
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|Sheikh Ahmad bin Hamad Al-Khalili
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|-
|Sufi
|Mouride Brotherhood in Senegal
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| rowspan="4" |Christianity
|Catholic
|Vatican
|Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Pope’s worldwide prayer network

Dicastery for Culture and Education
|The author of this Dictionary of miracles and of the christian extraordinary might be interesting to approach for an overview…
|-
|Protestant
|The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)
|<nowiki>https://wcrc.eu/about/members/</nowiki>
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|-
|Orthodox
|Mount Athos

Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox church

Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church
|<nowiki>https://agionoros.org/</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://ec-patr.org/</nowiki>

<nowiki>http://www.patriarchia.ru/</nowiki>
|
|-
|Evangelical
|World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)

Wheaton College
|
|<nowiki>https://worldea.org/contact-us/</nowiki>
|-
|Hinduism
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|Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
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| rowspan="3" |Buddhism
|Theravada
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|Mahayana
|Fo Guang Shan (global reach)

Jogyesa Temple (Korea)

Shaolin Temple (China, Chan roots)

Eihei-ji (Japan temple, Zen)
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|Vajrayana
|Central Tibetan Administration
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|Judaism
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|Other
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=== Scholars ===
We could recruit the Let’s talk religion guy or ask for his feedback.

=== Clinical contributors ===
{| class="wikitable"
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|Physiatry
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Pages

'''Welcome'''

'''General Orientation'''

'''Index'''

'''User Types'''

Users

Bureaucrat

Administrator

Interface Administrator

Suppressors

Server Side

'''Spaces'''

Introduction to the Spaces, why they are being done this way, and links to them.

'''[[Traditions configuration]]'''

* Traditions
* Disciplines
* Experiences
* Cultivation and Management (of challenges and subclinical complications)
* Clinical recommendations (for clinical complications)

'''[[Synthesis Configuration]]'''

Submission guidelines

Which templates and infoboxes are assigned?

Ontological briefing

Moderation

Structuring system: Based on Multi-dimensional model (renamed Themes and Domains)

Phenomenology/

Index

'''[[Clinical Configuration]]'''

Will be developed as you go on = EOP/Daniel's book

Submission guidelines

Which templates and infoboxes are assigned?

Ontological briefing

Moderation

Structuring system: Based on Daniel's EOP answers without naming

Specialty/Syndrome/Practices/Upgrades (Jhanas help improve anxiety)

Index

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StevenEgan: Created page with " === EPRC contributors[edit | edit source] === {| class="wikitable" |'''Name''' |'''Potential area of contribution''' |'''Reached out to? (Y/N)''' |'''Wishes to contribute? (Y/N)''' |- |Attila Szabo |Psychoneuroimmunology of psychedelics, clinical applications, ASCs |N | |- |Seb Ehmann |Comprehensive review of the neuroscience of advanced meditation |Y |Y |- |Michael Lydon |Emotions and memory reconsolidation in mindfulness meditation |Y |Y |- |Chad Gilbert |Eastern Orth..."

=== EPRC contributors[edit | edit source] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Name'''
|'''Potential area of contribution'''
|'''Reached out to? (Y/N)'''
|'''Wishes to contribute? (Y/N)'''
|-
|Attila Szabo
|Psychoneuroimmunology of psychedelics, clinical applications, ASCs
|N
|
|-
|Seb Ehmann
|Comprehensive review of the neuroscience of advanced meditation
|Y
|Y
|-
|Michael Lydon
|Emotions and memory reconsolidation in mindfulness meditation
|Y
|Y
|-
|Chad Gilbert
|Eastern Orthodox and Chinese practices
|Y but should reach out again as long ago
|(Y to be confirmed)
|-
|Damien Roy/Sabine Rabourding
| -Comprehensive OBE literature review, -Microphenomenology of OBEs
|Y
|
|-
|Peirce Salguero
| -History of asian religions and medicine
-Source-texts on meditation related adverse-effects

-Cross-traditional research on the full process of emergence/realization

-Has experience with this sort of project and I’ll ask for feedback on this plan
|N
|
|-
|Chris “Floats” W
|Uniquely detailed float tank phenomenology (OBE, visions, etc.), literature review, and practice
|Y
|
|-
|Helena Daly
|End-of-life experiences including “transpersonal” dreams
Sleep, hypnagogic and hypnompompic experiences
|N
|
|-
|Brian Spittles
| -History of the DSMs, psychiatry, and psychosis
-Critique of psychiatry
|Y
|
|-
|Olivier Sandilands
| -Medical Ethics and EPEEs
|Y
|Y
|-
|James W. Sanders
| -DMT microphenomenology
|N
|N
|}
A list of tasks to complete for Phase 1 can be found [[Phase I To Do List|here]].

'''''Phase 2'''''

Opening the wiki to more trusted sources as a test run.

'''''Phase 3'''''

Open to the world with moderation guidelines.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Denomination'''
|'''Main sects'''
|'''Key leadership centers'''
|'''Possible allies'''
|'''Contacts'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |Islam
|Sunni
|Al-Azhar University
|
|
|-
|Shia
|The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
The Najaf Seminary
|<nowiki>https://www.iis.ac.uk/our-people/</nowiki>
Ali al-Sistani
|
|-
|Khariji
|
|Sheikh Ahmad bin Hamad Al-Khalili
|
|-
|Sufi
|Mouride Brotherhood in Senegal
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |Christianity
|Catholic
|Vatican
|Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Pope’s worldwide prayer network

Dicastery for Culture and Education
|The author of this Dictionary of miracles and of the christian extraordinary might be interesting to approach for an overview…
|-
|Protestant
|The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)
|<nowiki>https://wcrc.eu/about/members/</nowiki>
|
|-
|Orthodox
|Mount Athos
Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox church

Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church
|<nowiki>https://agionoros.org/</nowiki>
<nowiki>https://ec-patr.org/</nowiki>

<nowiki>http://www.patriarchia.ru/</nowiki>
|
|-
|Evangelical
|World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)
Wheaton College
|
|<nowiki>https://worldea.org/contact-us/</nowiki>
|-
|Hinduism
|
|Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |Buddhism
|Theravada
|
|
|
|-
|Mahayana
|Fo Guang Shan (global reach)
Jogyesa Temple (Korea)

Shaolin Temple (China, Chan roots)

Eihei-ji (Japan temple, Zen)
|
|
|-
|Vajrayana
|Central Tibetan Administration
|
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|-
|Judaism
|
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|-
|Other
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|-
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|}

=== Scholars[edit | edit source] ===
We could recruit the Let’s talk religion guy or ask for his feedback.

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MediaWiki orientation

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'''Users'''

User rights give you permission to do certain tasks—for example, the <code>edit</code> right allows you to edit unprotected pages, and the <code>delete</code> right allows you to delete pages. User rights are bundled into ''user groups'', which correspond to the various roles on the wiki—for example, Users, Administrators, and Bots.

All registered users on a wiki belong to the "Users" group by default. Privileged users (normally bureaucrats) may assign users to one or more additional user groups.

'''Namespaces'''

Pages on a MediaWiki wiki are grouped into collections called “'''namespaces'''” which differentiate between the purpose of the pages at a high level. Pages in certain namespaces can also have special properties or behave differently when they interact with other pages.

Namespaces are indicated in page titles by prefixing the page name with <code><namespace>:</code>, so the prefix <code>Help:</code> in this page's title (<code>Help:Namespaces</code>) indicates that this page is in the <code>Help</code> namespace. Each namespace is identified by a number and a name, which can be translated and can also have some aliases.

A page whose name is ''not'' prefixed by a namespace lies in the mainspace.

We use the namespaces primarily to manage access rights and moderation.

Main Page

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== Welcome! ==
The EmergeWiki is designed to

* '''crowdsource''' and '''synthesize''' vast and diverse sources of information
* to distill these into '''actionable [[Clinical Recommendations]]''' and '''other policy statements and best practices''' on how to skillfully relate to the '''deep end of human experience''' — what many would term spiritual, mystical, magical/psi, energetic, psychedelic, and related phenomena and effects — what we term [[Emergent Phenomena]] Experiences and Effects ([[EPEEs]]).
* in a way that '''promotes good outcomes.'''
It will compile information from the various traditions, cultures, religions, etc. with them representing themselves ''as they wish to be represented,'' consider this through the lens of patterns in a way that may have clinical applicability, and attempt the difficult, ongoing conversation of how to translate this diverse body of information into actionable clinical recommendations that scale and make a positive difference.

Its intention is also to be incorporated into [[wikipedia:Large_language_model|Large Language Models]], as these are increasingly informing clinical care, public information acquisition, and synthesis. It is intended to augment, enhance, and improve current clinical standards of care and best practices (but not replace them, as this is not designed to be a comprehensive resource on its own).

It is a continuation of a vast and complicated conversation that has occurred for millennia across diverse traditions, languages, cultures, and locations, but with the specific goal of supporting actionable, clinical information today. It is no substitute for human judgement and expertise, but may support it.

It is an experiment in how information from many traditions that have particular ontologies as diverse and apparently contradictory as, for example, [[wikipedia:Materialism|Materialism]], [[wikipedia:Mind–body_dualism|Cartesian Dualism]], [[wikipedia:Double-aspect_theory|Dual Aspect Monism]], [[wikipedia:Idealism|Idealism]], etc. may yet yield practical clinical guidelines and information that scale globally across diverse cultural settings, drawing on the concepts of [[Ontological Agnosticism]] or [[Ontological Neutrality]], and add value to supporting Emergent Phenomena through focusing primarily on developing [[wikipedia:Therapeutic_relationship|therapeutic relationships]] and what promotes good outcomes.

It is also an experiment in the application of practical [[Linguistic Scalability]], meaning what language can scale globally in the same way as other global professional and technical lexicons, such as [[wikipedia:Taxonomy_(biology)|biological taxonomy]].

Its goal is to facilitate sophisticated understandings of [[Emergent Phenomena]] and the vast range of consequences of [[Emergent Modalities]] up to and including doctoral and post-doctoral levels of functional knowledge.

== Structure ==
EmergeWiki has Four Namespaces: Traditions, Synthesis, Clinical, and Work, each with its own purpose, culture, moderators, standards, and requirements.

* Traditions: A space for the traditions, such as religions, academic disciplines, spiritual practices, related communities, etc. to represent themselves as they wish to be known, with their own ontological, epistemic, soteriological, linguist, cultural, practical, etc. aspects explained as they are and as they wish to be known and understood by the clinical, scientific, public health, and public mainstreams, with a focus on [[Emergent Phenomenma]]. This is the most encyclopedic aspect of EmergeWiki.
* Synthesis: A space to explore, debate, discuss, and synthesize the patterns, commonalities, differences, phenomenology, meta-ontologics, meta-epistemics, etc. that we find in the Traditions Namespace. This is a place to form and forge in the fires of diverse human attention taxonomies, typologies, lexicons, etc. and to engage in all the rich, messy, human, imperfect, earnest conversation required to form and inform the Clinical Namespace. This space is the least encyclopedic in terms of simply describing things as they are on their own terms, but also most operational, the most complicated, the most controversial, and is designed to be a melting pot of ideas, a way to be transparent about the conversation that flows organically from the Traditions to refinements and simplifications found in Clinical recommendations.
* Clinical: A space for formal clinical recommendations. Think of this as a space that could form the basis and perhaps body of a doctoral level subspecialty that owned and furthered functional, practical, clinically applicable doctoral-level knowledge of [[Emergent phenomena]]. This is the most tightly moderated, carefully controlled section of EmergeWiki. Think of it as where the textbook of the specialty is written in a refined form, informed by the previous two layers, and, while being aware of the controversies and complexities, the areas of ignorance and ambiguity, yet, still, striving for definitive recommendations to inform beneficial, ethical, respectful global standards of care that improve outcomes that could be tested on a subspecialty board exam.

== EmergeWiki and the Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium (EPRC) ==
EmergeWiki is designed to support the roadmap and [https://hypernotes.zenkit.com/i/UFIY1UO1cp/84TWK0BwQlq/eprc-white-paper-home Whitepaper of the EPRC] and the work of its allies, which also fit topically into the larger structure of the [https://theeprc.org/ EPRC] roadmap. It is a structured, comprehensive, systematic, strategic, long-term, ethical plan for positive global systems change and meet specific epistemic requirements and preferences. The EPRC plan is broken down into [https://hypernotes.zenkit.com/i/UFIY1UO1cp/PPFsCq6iSF/the-projects Projects] which support each other, overlap in key ways, and act on many fronts to have significant impact.

== Audience ==
Its intended audiences are diverse global clinical, medical, mental health, and public health providers, psychedelic and meditation practitioners and facilitators of those and related practices, as well everyone else interested in these topics, including experiencers, family members, facilitators, government officials, healthcare administrators, policy specialists, insurance providers, and attorneys, as well as many others, basically anyone at all interested in or impacted by [[Emergent Phenomena]].

== Supporting Organizations ==
It is a joint project of the 501(c)(3) charity [https://ebenefactors.org/ Emergence Benefactors], the [https://theeprc.org/ Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium] (EPRC), and the [[Allies of the EPRC]].

== Donate ==
EmergeWiki is offered freely, in the legal and ethical spirit of the [[wikipedia:Good_Samaritan_law|Good Samaritan]], [[wikipedia:Public_good_(economics)|public good]], [[wikipedia:Open_source|open source]], and [[wikipedia:Open_science|open science]], in an effort to further the mandates of contemporary [[wikipedia:Medical_ethics|medical ethics]] as they apply to the deep end of human experience and potential.

In that same spirit, if you wish to support the building and maintenance of the EmergeWiki specifically or the work of Emergence Benefactors and the EPRC and its allies in general, '''[https://www.every.org/emergewiki please donate here]. Thanks!'''

== For Contributors ==
For our kind and generous contributors: Consult the [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Contents|MediaWiki User's Guide]] for information on using the wiki software.

[[Information for Contributors]]

== Organization: Disciplines, Traditions, Specialties, and Themes ==
The organizational structure of EmergeWiki has numerous interlacing aspects to accommodate diverse data types and the diverse organizational needs those who wish to interact efficiently with that data. This organizational structure will evolve organically over time as the project grows. We will start with organizing it into:

=== Disciplines ===
[[Disciplines]] are a way of relating to EmergeWiki content based on the academic discipline(s) that cover it. Some closely align with [https://hypernotes.zenkit.com/i/UFIY1UO1cp/PPFsCq6iSF/the-projects?v=M6pP_Tb7W6 EPRC Projects], e.g. the academic discipline of [[Anthropology]] closely relating to the Anthropology Project, but other disciplines may have more complex relationships to the information here, such as theoretical and applied [[Medical Ethics]] which may interface with a wide range of Projects and other organizational structures.

=== Traditions ===
Traditions mean various religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions, and represent another way of organizing and relating to EmergeWiki content based on the [[Source Traditions]] that began this conversation thousands of years ago and may continue it to today.

=== Specialties ===
Specialties, in this case [[Clinical Specialties]], are a way of relating to and organizing the information in the EmergeWiki through the lens of the particular scope of the specialty in question. Closely related to the framework of Clinical Specialties is the resultant [[Clinical Recommendations]] which are a key output and product of EmergeWiki.

=== Thematic domains ===
[[The Multidimensional Framework]] integrates a wide range of lenses and focuses, and can be used as an alternative way of relating to the information in the EmergeWiki.

== History ==
EmergeWiki was launched on September 18th, 2024 by a small team at [https://ebenefactors.org/ Emergence Benefactors]. You can learn more here about the [[History of EmergeWiki]].

== Phases ==
[[Phase I]]

Phase II

Phase III

== Work ==
If you are working on the EmergeWiki then please visit the [[EmergeWiki Base|EmergeWiki]] Base page for an outline of the design and work phases, and links to a list of tasks for Phase 1. We are also building a [[MediaWiki orientation]].

== Governance ==
This will require an ongoing conversation, balancing the need for very broad inclusion and crowdsourcing information with the need for clinical guidelines presented here to be of the highest quality possible with currently available evidence.

== Getting started ==
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]

Work:Configuration Pages

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StevenEgan: added user types

Work:Base

2025-01-20T14:39:43Z

StevenEgan:

Work pages

[[Configuration Pages]]

[[Technical requirements and tasks]]

Contributors

[[General Task list]]

[[Permissions]]

Aesthetics

Backend Spaces:

Frontend divisions

Categorisation schemes

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'''Outline of wiki design'''

Encyclopaedic spaces - general -backend divisions

'''''Space 1 (namespace: Traditions)'''''

This will be divided into two spaces - emic (from within the tradition), etic (from without - studies, analysis etc.)

Organisations in world religions are invited to present their view of emergence/mystical experience, basically what EPEEs are normal, which are not, what to do about these, how they would like these handled by the clinical mainstream, allowed in their own language, with their own ontologies and epistemics and cultural overlay. Eg. Catholics, Pentecostal, Sufi, Shi’a, Buddhist etc. Moderation guidelines are relaxed, with an emphasis on autonomy in presentation and language used.

This will be structured according to Olivier's Typologies model.

'''''Space 2 (namespace: Scientific)'''''

A more curated layer of synthesis, covering cultural, scientific, phenomenological reports of particular phenomena looking for patterns in the spirit of “rough clinical perennialism”. This layer will focus on phenomenological patterns and taxonomy, and will need to differentiate between peer-reviewed and anecdotal evidence and be clear about evidence quality in general.

This will be structured according to Olivier's Multi-dimensional model, which we be renamed Themes and Domains

'''''Space 3 (namespace: Clinical)'''''

A heavily curated layer of clinical recommendations, overseen by MD’s and clinical practitioners. This could be designed around the structures given as answers by Daniel to the EOP, as a start to a much larger and more diverse conversation with many more voices.

Non - encyclopaedic Spaces

'''Work (namespace: to be created)'''

A non-public work space for those working on the wiki.

Each layer will require the following:

Design of space

Contributors (identifying them, inviting them, preparing them)

Guidelines and protocols for content

Moderation

Appropriate technical access set up, including permissions

[[Configuration Pages]] for Spaces are here.

'''<br />Frontend Division - managed by Categories, Templates, and Infoboxes'''

* Traditions
* Disciplines
* Experiences
* Cultivation and Management (of challenges and subclinical complications)
* Clinical recommendations (for clinical complications)

'''The Phases of work'''

'''''Phase 1'''''

Building the architecture. Putting in place the protocols, permissions, and design required. A small group invited in to test, experiment, see what is needed, request built things.

A list of tasks to complete for Phase 1 can be found [[Phase I To Do List|here]].

'''''Phase 2'''''

Opening the wiki to more trusted sources as a test run.

'''''Phase 3'''''

Open to the world with moderation guidelines.

Traditions configuration

2025-01-17T14:08:06Z

StevenEgan:

'''Back end'''

'''Namespace configuration''' will need to include:

Permissions

Moderation

'''Front end'''

'''Template''' will need to include:

* ''Basic demographics; (numbers of people in tradition) - don't highlight this (infobox_''
* ''Views on emergence in general,'' ''typologies of EPEEs, normal VS abnormal, and developmental models;'' ''i.e. what is ok and what is not, how do you deal with them when they arise.''
* ''Key concepts;''
* ''Practices, challenges, and managing them;''
* ''Ethics;''
* ''Fundamental Ontology (ies)''
* ''Soteriological doctrine what saves you and what are you being saved from''
* ''Preferred linguistics woven through the document''
* ''Beliefs and views. (what are you?) nature of experience, consciousness, humans''
* ''Epistemics (where does the knowledge come from? divine revelation/textual/etc.)''
*DSM 5 categories for religious exemption (structure questions around the categories e.g. hallucination, pscyhosis, etc. What would you say applies to this exemption according to your tradition?)

'''Infoboxes''' will need to include:

Bullet point details

'''Editing policy on pages'''

'''Guide for contributors'''

'''Structuring system - which Categories can be applied?'''

Etic

Emic

Abrahamic

# Christianity
## Catholicism
### Latin Church
#### Jesuits
#### Carmelites
#### Franciscans
#### Dominicans
#### Cistercians
#### Beguines and Beghards
### Eastern Catholic Church
## Protestantism
### Pentecostalism – 280 million
### Anglicanism – 110 million
### Baptist churches – 100 million
### Nondenominational Christianity – 80–100 million
### Lutheranism – 70–90 million
### Methodism – 60–80 million
### Reformed churches (Calvinism) – 60–80 million
### African initiated churches – 60 million
### Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches - 25 million
### Eastern Protestant Christianity – 22 million
### Adventism – 21.80 million
### New Apostolic Church – 10 million
### Restorationism – 7 million
### Anabaptism – 4 million
### Local churches – 1 to 10 million
### Plymouth Brethren – 1 million
### Hussites – 1 million
### Quakers – 0.4 million
### Messianic Judaism – 0.3 million
## Orthodox Christianity
### Eastern Orthodox Church
### Western Orthodox Church
## Evangelical Christianity
# Islam
## Sunnīsm
### Ḥanafī Sunnīsm (45%)
### Shāfiʿī Sunnīsm (28%)
### Mālikī Sunnīsm (15%)
### Ḥanbalī Sunnīsm (2%)
## Shī‘ism
### Twelver Shīʿīsm (8.5%)
### Zaydī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
### Ismāʿīlī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
#### Ghulat
## Kharījism
## Sufīsm
# Hinduism
## Advaita Vedānta
## Yogic Schools
### Kundalini Yoga
## Shaivism
## Vaishnavism
## Shaktism
## Smartism
# Buddhism
## Mahāyāna Buddhism
### Madhyamaka
### Yogacāra
### Pure Land
### Zen
#### Soto
#### Rinzai
#### Ch’an
## Vajrayāna Buddhism
### Tantra
### Dzogchen
### Mahāmūdra
### Shingon: sort of Zen meets Vajrayana
## Theravāda Buddhism: this itself has huge internal diversity
## Regional traditions > not sure here?
### Tibetan Buddhism
### Contemporary Western Buddhism
### ?
# Folk Traditions
## African traditional religions
## Native American religions
## Chinese folk religions
## Australian Aboriginal religions
# Other Traditions
## Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophical Schools
## Ancient Egypt
## Confucianism
## Gnosticism
## Hermetism
## Jainism
## Judaism
## Kabbalah
## Magical or occult practices
## Mandaeism
## Manichaeism
## Martial Arts
## Neoplatonism
## New Religious Movements
### Ásatrú/Heathenry
### Baha'i Faith
### Cao Dai
### Discordianism
### Druidry
### Kimbanguism
### Neopaganism
### New Age spirituality
### Raëlism
### Rastafarianism
### Santeria
### Scientology
### Tenrikyo
### Wicca
### OTO
### Thelema
### IOT/Chaos
## Orphism
## Other
## Perennialism
## Shinto
## Shamanism
## Sikhism
## Spiritism
## Western Esotericism
### Alchemy
### Astrology
### Freemasonry
### Gnosticism
### Hermeticism
### Illuminism
### Kabbalah
### Neoplatonism
### Rosicrucianism
### Tenrikyo
### Theosophy
## Taoism
## Transcendental meditation
## Western Mindfulness Movement
## Yazidism
## Zoroastrianism

Traditions configuration

2025-01-15T15:30:04Z

StevenEgan:

'''Back end'''

'''Namespace configuration''' will need to include:

Permissions

Moderation

'''Front end'''

'''Template''' will need to include:

* ''Basic demographics; (numbers of people in tradition) - don't highlight this''
* ''Views on emergence in general,'' ''typologies of EPEEs, normal VS abnormal, and developmental models;''
* ''Key concepts;''
* ''Practices, challenges, and managing them;''
* ''Ethics;''
* ''Fundamental Ontology (ies)''
* ''Soteriological doctrine what saves you and what are you being saved from''
* ''Preferred linguistics woven through the document''
* ''Beliefs and views''. (what are you?) nature of experience, consciousness, humans
* Epistemics (divine revelation/textual/etc.)
*

'''Infoboxes''' will need to include:

'''Editing policy on pages'''

'''Guide for contributors'''

'''Structuring system - which Categories can be applied?'''

Etic

Emic

Abrahamic

# Christianity
## Catholicism
### Latin Church
#### Jesuits
#### Carmelites
#### Franciscans
#### Dominicans
#### Cistercians
#### Beguines and Beghards
### Eastern Catholic Church
## Protestantism
### Pentecostalism – 280 million
### Anglicanism – 110 million
### Baptist churches – 100 million
### Nondenominational Christianity – 80–100 million
### Lutheranism – 70–90 million
### Methodism – 60–80 million
### Reformed churches (Calvinism) – 60–80 million
### African initiated churches – 60 million
### Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches - 25 million
### Eastern Protestant Christianity – 22 million
### Adventism – 21.80 million
### New Apostolic Church – 10 million
### Restorationism – 7 million
### Anabaptism – 4 million
### Local churches – 1 to 10 million
### Plymouth Brethren – 1 million
### Hussites – 1 million
### Quakers – 0.4 million
### Messianic Judaism – 0.3 million
## Orthodox Christianity
### Eastern Orthodox Church
### Western Orthodox Church
## Evangelical Christianity
# Islam
## Sunnīsm
### Ḥanafī Sunnīsm (45%)
### Shāfiʿī Sunnīsm (28%)
### Mālikī Sunnīsm (15%)
### Ḥanbalī Sunnīsm (2%)
## Shī‘ism
### Twelver Shīʿīsm (8.5%)
### Zaydī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
### Ismāʿīlī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)
#### Ghulat
## Kharījism
## Sufīsm
# Hinduism
## Advaita Vedānta
## Yogic Schools
### Kundalini Yoga
## Shaivism
## Vaishnavism
## Shaktism
## Smartism
# Buddhism
## Mahāyāna Buddhism
### Madhyamaka
### Yogacāra
### Pure Land
### Zen
#### Soto
#### Rinzai
#### Ch’an
## Vajrayāna Buddhism
### Tantra
### Dzogchen
### Mahāmūdra
### Shingon: sort of Zen meets Vajrayana
## Theravāda Buddhism: this itself has huge internal diversity
## Regional traditions > not sure here?
### Tibetan Buddhism
### Contemporary Western Buddhism
### ?
# Folk Traditions
## African traditional religions
## Native American religions
## Chinese folk religions
## Australian Aboriginal religions
# Other Traditions
## Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophical Schools
## Ancient Egypt
## Confucianism
## Gnosticism
## Hermetism
## Jainism
## Judaism
## Kabbalah
## Magical or occult practices
## Mandaeism
## Manichaeism
## Martial Arts
## Neoplatonism
## New Religious Movements
### Ásatrú/Heathenry
### Baha'i Faith
### Cao Dai
### Discordianism
### Druidry
### Kimbanguism
### Neopaganism
### New Age spirituality
### Raëlism
### Rastafarianism
### Santeria
### Scientology
### Tenrikyo
### Wicca
### OTO
### Thelema
### IOT/Chaos
## Orphism
## Other
## Perennialism
## Shinto
## Shamanism
## Sikhism
## Spiritism
## Western Esotericism
### Alchemy
### Astrology
### Freemasonry
### Gnosticism
### Hermeticism
### Illuminism
### Kabbalah
### Neoplatonism
### Rosicrucianism
### Tenrikyo
### Theosophy
## Taoism
## Transcendental meditation
## Western Mindfulness Movement
## Yazidism
## Zoroastrianism

Work:Technical requirements and tasks

2025-01-14T16:07:48Z

StevenEgan:

A working out of Permissions structures for the various Spaces, which may require more coding

Spaces:

Traditions

Synthesis

Clinical

Giving edit access to created namespaces

Adding of the following extensions:

Moderation extension

Citation

ContactPage

ContentTranslation

FlaggedRevs - for Tradition pages

NearbyPages

Category Tree

CharInsert

Phonos

Special Pages

Category Tree

Categories

Work:Technical requirements and tasks

2025-01-14T15:37:33Z

StevenEgan:

A working out of Permissions structures for the various Spaces, which may require more coding

Spaces:

Traditions

Synthesis

Clinical

Adding of the following extensions:

Moderation extension

Citation

ContactPage

ContentTranslation

FlaggedRevs - for Tradition pages

NearbyPages

Category Tree

CharInsert

Phonos

Special Pages

Category Tree

Categories

Work:General Task list

2025-01-08T14:50:03Z

StevenEgan: Created page with " Tasks to be accomplished (Please add your name next to something if you are taking on this task) '''''General''''' Design: Creating the various spaces needed and the design tree of how they are stacked. Creating general orientation material - Beata is working on this. * Welcome * Privacy Policy * IP and Copyright * Legal Disclaimers * Dispute Resolution Creating moderation protocols and procedures for each Space '''''Space 1 (Traditions)''''' Create a list of a..."

Tasks to be accomplished (Please add your name next to something if you are taking on this task)

'''''General'''''

Design: Creating the various spaces needed and the design tree of how they are stacked.

Creating general orientation material - Beata is working on this.

* Welcome

* Privacy Policy
* IP and Copyright
* Legal Disclaimers
* Dispute Resolution

Creating moderation protocols and procedures for each Space

'''''Space 1 (Traditions)'''''

Create a list of all potential contributors. Research official bodies of religions and various offshoots. - Beata is working on this.

Create a specific orientation to these Spaces outlining the whole project, this particular Space, and various aspects such as the ability for them to use their own language, ontology, epistemology etc. Plus a guide on what to focus on (this is laid out in “Information for Contributors”). Also provide list of relevant templates and infoboxes. - Beata.

Set up moderation guidelines for entries, and inform contributors of them. - Beata.

Ensure the wiki set up is a easy as possible for Users to access their Page and start posting content.

Invite organisations and set up pages and accesses

Conduct a literature review for ‘official’ documents on mysticism/emergence for inclusion (Olivier’s database)

'''''Space 2 (Phenomenonology/Scientific)'''''

Design - Structure according to MDF, re-named as Themes and Domains

Moderation policies

Protocols for contribution

Creation of moderation team

'''''Space 4 (Clinical)'''''

Design layout (Daniel?)

Research into who to approach for contribution and how to present

Protocols for contribution

Creation of moderation team

* This page was last edited on 29 December 2024, at 14:56.