Near - death experiences are often thought of
as mystical phenomena, but research is now revealing scientific explanations for virtually all of their common features.
Not exact matches
It seems the world is made up of: — persons who enter a
mystical state and experience oneness and tranquility — persons who have adverse reactions
as their minds dissociate resulting in their experiencing psychotic symptoms and psychic
phenomena
Descriptions of the
mystical state
as a transcendence of duality (SC 249f) and an apprehension of ultimate unity (CEW 105) agree with the peak
phenomena reported by LSD subjects (RHU 13f.).
Freud attributed this
phenomenon to the latent influence of the primitive infant ego, but for Dunn, the concept serves
as a lens to examine the
mystical power of the body and unpack the conventions of performance and ritual.