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Christopher M. Bache

2 papers in the library · 20 citations · publishing 1991-1994

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Mysticism and psychedelics: The case of the dark night

Journal of Religion and Health 1991 Christopher M. Bache 6 citations

This study uses a model of consciousness derived from LSD-assisted psychotherapy to illumine an enigmatic set of painful experiences that occur on the mystic's path known in Western circles as the "dark night." It argues that the dark night experiences described in John of the Cross's classic workDark Night of the Soul can be conceptualized in terms of Stanislav Grofs category of "perinatal...