Empowerment Through Mystical Experiences in Islam: A Literature Study on Muhammad PBUH’s First Revelation of Islam.
Dini Rahma Bintari
Unisia October 1, 2015 DOI: 10.20885/unisia.vol.37.iss82.art4 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mystical experience |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | Argues that mystical experience is itself a form of empowerment and can serve as an effective trigger for empowerment in daily life when correctly understood and supported socially. Proposes that spiritual awakening unfolds into intrapersonal, interpersonal, and behavioral empowerment when a person contemplates the experience and applies it to benefit others, illustrated through a chronological analysis of Muhammad's first revelation. |
Abstract
This paper discusses how empowerment can be triggered by mystical experiences, byfocusing on mystical experience of the first revelation of Islam to Muhammad PBUH. Only fewliterature on empowerment in mainstream psychology, specifically discuss how empowermentcan be achieved through personal mystical or spiritual experiences. Transpersonal studies giveexplanations of human mystical experiences and extra sensory perceptions. Chronologicalanalysis of the first revelation showed how the mystical experience empowered Muhammad.First, mystical experience is empowerment. Second, mystical experiences can become aneffective and an efficient trigger for empowerment in daily life if understood correctly; andaffirmed with social support. Third, spiritual awakening can unfold into intrapersonal,interpersonal and behavioral empowerment if the person contemplates about the experience,and implement it to benefit others.
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 |