Transliminality: Comparing Mystical and Psychotic Experiences on Psycho-Phenomenological Grounds
Open Theology January 10, 2021 Feise-Mahnkopp Patricia
On a phenomenal level, no differences between the mystical and the initial sequence of psychotic experience are to be found. Both are characterized by transliminality (i.e., an experience of consciousness transcending both the psychophysical and the rational realms). However, the situation is different if we integrate psychodynamic implications before and after those experiences into the...