A Meta-Analytical Comparative Study of ‘Mystical Journey’ in the Persian and the World’s Literature
Mahmoud Afrouz
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) August 23, 2021 DOI: 10.22103/jcl.2021.17434.3245 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mysticism |
| Keywords | Persian Theology |
| Key points | Proposes that meta-analytical approaches can be adapted to comparative literature to synthesize scholarship on shared themes, and reports that findings from more than forty-three articles on the 'mystical journey' were used to build an interconnected network of comparative corpuses intended to guide future research toward a more comprehensive conception of the mystical journey. |
Abstract
Meta-analytical approaches can provide researchers with the overall results of studies which share the same themes. Adopting such an approach in the field of comparative literature can inform and set directions for future research. In the present paper, more than forty-three articles with the shared theme of ‘mystical journey’ were studied and their findings were employed to create an interconnected network of comparative corpuses. This paper mainly aims at providing comparative researchers with new avenues of research in order to come to a more comprehensive conception of the mystical journey.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on mysticism, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The mystical mind: probing the biology of religious experience | 2000 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Religious and Mystical Experiences as Artifacts of Temporal Lobe Function: A General Hypothesis | 1983 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy | 1993 | Edited collection of essays | |
| Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century | 2020 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mysticism and schizophrenia: A phenomenological exploration of the structure of consciousness in the schizophrenia spectrum disorders. | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |