Defining Mysticism: Identifying the Facets of a Mystical Experience
Jason Kunen
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mystical experience Mysticism |
| Key points | Argues that mystical experiences across traditions may share common underlying features, based on analysis of textual accounts. |
Abstract
This work is an exploration into the world of mysticism and mystical experiences. Many of our religious traditions encounter the subject of mystical experiences, but are there certain underlying features that string them together? Using texts by authors who have had mystical experiences or describe them, this work is an investigation as to whether such experiences have similar elements.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on mystical experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious and Mystical Experiences as Artifacts of Temporal Lobe Function: A General Hypothesis | 1983 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Psychedelic Mystical Experience in the Human Encounter with Death | 1969 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Vectorial Cerebral Hemisphericity as Differential Sources for the Sensed Presence, Mystical Experiences and Religious Conversions | 1993 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The epistemic innocence of psychedelic states. | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mystical Experience and Religious Doctrine | 1982 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |