About the Journal

Journal title : Luminary: Journal of Psychology and Spirituality
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Editor-in-Chief : Ahmad Sulaiman
Type of Review : Double-Blind Peer-Review
Publisher : Luminary Research Institute and API Jawa Timur
Frequency : 2 issues per year (May and November)
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Luminary: Journal of Psychology and Spirituality is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal exploring the dynamic relationship between spiritual experience and psychological theory, research, and practice. The journal provides an academic space for rigorous, ethical, and culturally sensitive scholarship at the intersection of mind, meaning, and transcendence.

Aims and Scope

The journal seeks to deepen understanding of spirituality as a dimension of human psychology, mental health, well-being, and personal development. It encourages dialogue across psychological traditions, spiritual frameworks, and cultural perspectives.

Areas of interest include (but are not limited to):

  • Spiritual development and psychological growth
  • Mindfulness, meditation, and contemplative practices
  • Religion, spirituality, and mental health
  • Transpersonal, positive, and humanistic psychology
  • Meaning-making, purpose, and existential well-being
  • Counseling and psychotherapy incorporating spirituality
  • Cultural, indigenous, and cross-faith perspectives
  • Ethics and boundaries in spiritually integrated practice

The journal welcomes empirical research, theoretical analyses, qualitative studies, clinical insights, and interdisciplinary reviews.

Readership: Psychologists, counselors, mental health professionals, researchers, theologians, and scholars of spirituality and human development.