Peak Sexual and Spiritual Experience: Exploring the Mystical Relationship
Theology and Sexuality 1996 Chuck MacKnee 6 citations
The nine-category phenomenological typology of mystical peak experiences proposed by Pahnke (1980) was used to construct a framework for understanding and relating peak potentials for sexuality and spirituality. Examples from mystics—St Catherine of Siena, St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila—demonstrate the erotic connectedness they experienced in spiritual peaks. It is proposed that...