Group Practice of the Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi Program and Improved U.S.-Soviet Relations
Cavanaugh, Kenneth L.; Gelderloos, Paul; Dillbeck, Michael C. (2018). Group practice of the Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program and improved U.S.-Soviet relations. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 8, 125–164.
Also: The article describes itself as an updated and revised version of Cavanaugh and Gelderloos (2011).
Time-series analysis of 1979–1986 Soviet behavior toward the United States reported increased cooperation and reduced conflict associated with four World Peace Assemblies involving large TM-Sidhi groups.
- Year
- 2018
- Journal
- Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Section
- Sociological Changes
Findings (1)
Sociological—Reduced Violent Conflict
Four World Peace Assemblies were associated with more cooperative and less conflictual Soviet behavior toward the United States in monthly event data.
TM-Sidhi program · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect