Near-death experience as mystical experience.
Journal of Religion and Health March 1, 1986 DOI: 10.1007/bf01533055 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Altered states of consciousness Mystical experience Mysticism Near-death experience |
| Keywords | Afterlife experiences Out-of-body experiences Profound experiences Spiritual experience Spiritual awareness Transcendent experience Religious experience Numinous experience Self-transformation Personal growth Spiritual transformation Profound change Personal evolution Psychological change Post-nde changes |
| Citations | 31 |
| Key points | Argues that Pahnke's nine-category typology of mystical experience characterizes the near-death experience and allows it to be defined as a mystical state. |
Abstract
Near-death experience exhibits many attributes of mystical awareness. Assessing the mystical quality of psychedelic experience, Walter Pahnke identified a nine-category typology of mystical experience. It is used here to illustrate the mystical nature of near-death experience. The typology also describes the self-transformation which follows the mystical state of consciousness. Self-transformation results from near-death experience. Pahnke's mystical typology characterizes the near-death experience and allows for a definition of near-death experience as a mystical state.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times | 1987 | Historical analysis | |
| Neuroscience and the Near-Death Experience: Roles for the NMSA-PCP receptor, the sigma receptor and the endopsychosins | 1990 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Implications of near-death experiences for a postmaterialist psychology. | 2010 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Near-Death Experience as a Probe to Explore (Disconnected) Consciousness | 2020 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Near-death experiences between science and prejudice | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cited by 19
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- Congruence Between Near-Death and Mystical Experience International Journal for the Psychology of Religion October 1, 2013
- Near-death experiences and the physio-kundalini syndrome Journal of Religion and Health 1993
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