Reconciling transcendent experiences with the individual's evolving mythology.
The Humanistic Psychologist 1994 David Feinstein, Stanley Krippner 2 citations
Abstract Altered states challenge an individual's established construction of reality, the personalized mythology by which one operates. Sometimes those altered states offer a glimpse into aspects of being that the mythology is unable to embrace. Experiences of this nature may challenge the prevailing mythic structure. This confrontation between the established construction of reality and the...