Mysticism and Intense Experiences

Holm, Nils G.

doi:10.2307/1385891

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“…This scale has been used in a number of other studies and shows good qualifies of reliability and validity (Hood, 1976(Hood, , 1978Hood, Hall, Watson, & Biderman, 1979;Morris & Hood, 1980;Holm, 1982;Cowling, 1935;Caird, 1988;Stifler, Greer, Sneck, & Dovenmuehle, 1993;Reinert & Stifler, 1993). The main problem, however, with Stace's definition is that it broadens the construct of mysticism to include two components which may be correlates of mysticism but may also be experienced independently of the other key components, namely positive affect and religious quality.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mystical orientation and personality among anglican clergy

Francis

Thomas²

1996

Pastoral Psychol

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Mystical orientation and personality among anglican clergy

Francis

Thomas²

1996

Pastoral Psychol

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“…A concluding emphasis perhaps should be placed on how these data offered additional support for the utility of the Mysticism Scale in other cultures (Holm 1982). This instrument proved to be a valid measure of mystical experience even in a non-Western, non-Christian culture.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Use of the scale in comparing the Muslim and the largely Christian samples uncovered commonalities in relationships with religious variables and cross-cultural similarities and differences in linkages with mental health. These data, therefore, suggested that the Mysticism Scale might be widely useful for investigating the psychology of diverse religious traditions (Holm 1982).…”

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confidence: 89%

Dimensions of the Mysticism Scale: Confirming the Three‐Factor Structure in the United States and Iran

Hood

Ghorbani²,

Watson

et al. 2001

Scientific Study of Religion

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In a mostly Christian American sample (N = 1,379), confirmatory factor analysis of Hood's (1975) Mysticism Scale verified the existence of Stace's (1960) introvertive and extrovertive dimensions of mystical phenomenology along with a separate interpretation factor. A second study confirmed the presence of these three factors in not only another group of Americans (N = 188), but also in a sample of Iranian Muslims (N = 185). Relationships of the introvertive and extrovertive factors with the interpretation factor were essentially identical across these two cultures, but the Americans displayed a stronger association between the two phenomenology factors. In both samples, the interpretation factor correlated positively with an intrinsic and negatively with an extrinsic religious orientation, and the introvertive factor predicted psychological dysfunction. Associations of the interpretation factor with relative mental health appeared only in the Iranians. These data offered general support for Stace's phenomenology of mysticism, although the ineffability he linked with interpretation proved to be as much or even more a feature of the introvertive experience, as hypothesized by Hood.

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“…Several researchers, such as James (1902James ( /2002, regard mystical experiences as synonymous with religious experiences, while others (Holm, 1982;Hood, 1975) differentiate them as distinct experiences.…”

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Preliminary study of religious, spiritual and mystical experiences. Thematic analysis of Poles adult’s narratives

Boczkowska¹,

Zięba²

2016

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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The aim of this study was to examine narratives of the personal religious, spiritual and mystical experiences of adult Poles (N = 74) and their impact on narrative identity. The method for collecting qualitative data about individual understandings and spiritual, religious and mystical experiences was the narrative interview, developed on the basis of the Life Story Interview. During the analysis, the following key topics were identified: awareness of the presence/protection of God, a peak experience, the awareness of oneness with nature and the world, and a sense of closeness/contact with a person who has died. This study provides specific information on the spiritual, religious and mystical experiences of the investigated group of Poles.

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Mysticism and Intense Experiences

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Mystical orientation and personality among anglican clergy

Mystical orientation and personality among anglican clergy

Dimensions of the Mysticism Scale: Confirming the Three‐Factor Structure in the United States and Iran

Preliminary study of religious, spiritual and mystical experiences. Thematic analysis of Poles adult’s narratives

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