Encountering God in Craniosacral Therapy: A Personal Experience of a Person with Muscular Dystrophy

An authentic mystical experience during craniosacral therapy can be interpreted as an encounter with God, distinct from the therapy's therapeutic effects and remaining a gift of divine grace. Using a phenomenological method, the author analyzes a personal transcendental experience that occurred during treatment, arguing that craniosacral therapy can create conditions conducive to spiritual experience without directly inducing it. The article emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary dialogue between medicine and theology for understanding the relationship between corporeality and spirituality, while respecting each discipline's autonomy. This offers new perspectives for theological reflection on corporeality, therapy, and mystical experience within Christian spiritual theology.

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Abstract

The article examines the authenticity of mystical experiences within the context of craniosacral therapy and its theological implications. It employs aphenomenological method to analyze the personal testimony of the author, who experienced atranscendental experience during treatment, with this been interpreted as an encounter with God. The study examines how craniosacral therapy can create the conditions for aspiritual experience without directly inducing it, and explores the theological implications of this experience. The article focuses on the distinction between therapeutic effects and the mystical experience itself, emphasizing that authentic mystical experience remains agift of God’s grace. Interdisciplinary dialogue between medicine and theology is crucial for understanding the relationship between corporeality and spirituality, while respecting the autonomy of both disciplines. The study provides new perspectives for theological reflection on the relationship between corporeality, therapy, and mystical experience in the context of Christian spiritual theology.