Saturated Phenomena and Their Relationship To ‘Extreme Experiences’: A Phenomenological Comparison Between Mystical Experiences and Psychotic and Depressive Experiences Based on Jean-Luc Marion’s Philosophy
Existential Analysis: Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis 2016 Georgia Feliou
In this paper, the nature of spiritual or mystical experiences is discussed. An effort to sketch phenomenological criteria for differentiating these experiences from psychotic and depressive episodes is also provided, based on Jean-Luc Marion’s phenomenology and on Anthony Steinbock’s analysis. Key words Spiritual or mystical experiences, Dark Night of the Soul, mysticism, schizophrenia,...