,

Mystical Encounters with the Natural World

Experiences and Explanations

Specificaties
Gebonden, 336 blz. | Engels
| e druk, 2005
ISBN13: 9780199279432
Rubricering
Juridisch :
e druk, 2005 9780199279432
Levertijd ongeveer 11 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden

Samenvatting

Some experiences of the natural world bring a sense of unity, knowledge, self-transcendence, eternity, light, and love. This is the first detailed study of these intriguing phenomena. Paul Marshall explores the circumstances, characteristics, and after-effects of this important but relatively neglected type of mystical experience, and critiques explanations that range from the spiritual and metaphysical to the psychoanalytic, contextual, and neuropsychological. The theorists discussed include R. M. Bucke, Edward Carpenter, W. R. Inge, Evelyn Underhill, Rudolf Otto, Sigmund Freud, Aldous Huxley, R. C. Zaehner, W. T. Stace, Steven Katz, and Robert Forman, as well as contemporary neuroscientists. The book makes a significant contribution to current debates about the nature of mystical experience.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780199279432
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:336

Net verschenen

Rubrieken

    Personen

      Trefwoorden

        Mystical Encounters with the Natural World