Varieties of Numinous Experience
March 29, 2022 DOI: 10.4324/9781003148968-9 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that numinous experience is important in Jung's work and can appear through dreams, visions, nature, the body, and entheogens, and contends that whether a psychotherapist takes such experiences at face value or interprets them reductively depends on the therapist's personal metaphysical commitments. |
Abstract
The author describes the importance of numinous experience for Jung, and presents a range of ways in which such experiences might appear. The examples include numinous dreams, visions, experiences in the natural world, through the body, and by means of entheogens. The paper makes the point that whether these experiences are taken at face value or interpreted reductively depends on the psychotherapist’s personal metaphysical commitments.