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Theology and Sexuality

ISSN 1355-8358

1 paper in the library · 6 citations · publishing 1996

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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...