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Mystical Experiences

2022
Abstract Mystical experiences are among the most well-studied spiritual experience. This chapter defines mystical experience as inner experiences involving an intensely felt fading of the sense of self and/or feelings of increased connectedness, up to and including the sense of complete unity.
David B. Yaden, Andrew B. Newberg
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Mystical Experience in the Lab

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 2014
We review previous attempts to study mystical experience and point to problems inherent to certain methodologies. Focusing on studies that use controlled environments we advocate taking an experimental approach to mysticism. To demonstrate the viability of this approach, we report findings from a new study that probes the potential for eliciting ...
Andersen, Marc Nicklas   +3 more
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Mystical Experience

2023
Abstract This chapter tackles the issue of whether mystical experiences are psychedelic -- that is, whether they are mind-revealing. The chapter argues that to answer this question, we need to be able to define mystical experiences and that this cannot be done, given their ineffability.
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Neural correlates of mystical experience [PDF]

open access: yesNeuropsychologia, 2016
Mystical experiences, or subjectively believed encounters with a supernatural world, are widely reported across cultures and throughout human history. Previous theories speculate that executive brain functions underpin mystical experiences. To evaluate causal hypotheses, structural studies of brain lesion are required.
Jordan H Grafman   +2 more
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Near-death experience as mystical experience

Journal of Religion and Health, 1986
Near-death experience exhibits many attributes of mystical awareness. Assessing the mystical quality of psychedelic experience, Walter Pahnke identified a nine-category typology of mystical experience. It is used here to illustrate the mystical nature of near-death experience.
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Mystics' Critiques of Mystical Experience

Revue de l'histoire des religions, 2004
Lorsque les mystiques critiquent l'expérience mystique Les études existantes sur le mysticisme ont souligné la place tenue par l' "expérience" dans l'écriture et la pratique mystiques. Cependant, l'examen de textes issus de traditions mystiques differentes montre que plusieurs auteurs mystiques étaient réservés sur la poursuite de cette ...
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Mysticism and Experience

2020
Mysticism and Experience: Twenty-First-Century Approaches embarks on an investigation of the concept of mysticism from the standpoint of academic fields, including philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, mysticism studies, literary studies, art criticism, cognitive poetics, cognitive science, psychology, medical research, and even mathematics ...
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