Call for Research Participants

Research Project

Info from Dr Pierce Salguero below:

Research Survey on Zen Sickness, Kundalini Syndrome, Spiritual Emergencies, and other Crises in Spiritual Practice

Penn State University professor Dr Pierce Salguero is conducting a formal research study on crises related to spiritual practice. The purpose is to discover why they happen and how to best help people navigate through them.

Do you want to participate, or know anyone who might? There is basic info about the survey, along with detailed questions about spiritual emergencies, here:

https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9mlFVgybquIQcZg/

The survey should take approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Please note that we are defining “spiritual crisis” very loosely here. Basically, if you’ve had any challenging periods in your spiritual practice when you had to look for help, we’d love to hear from you.

As with all formal academic studies with human participants, this project is reviewed by the university IRB ethics board. The survey is designed to be completely confidential and anonymous, with no way to identify you unless you choose to share your own personal information.