Mysticism : : a variety of psychological perspectives / / edited by Jacob A. Belzen & Antoon Geels.

• Superior document: International series in the psychology of religion ; 13
• TeilnehmendeR: Belzen, J. A. van 1959-; Geels, Antoon,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York, New York : : Rodopi,, [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: International series in the psychology of religion ; 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

Antoon GEELS & Jacob A. BELZEN: A Vast Domain and Numerous Perspectives - Introduction to the Volume. -- Reflections on psychological research into mysticism -- Ralph W. HOOD Jr.: Conceptual and Empirical Consequences of the Unity Thesis -- Diane JONTE-PACE: The Swami and the Rorschach - Spiritual Practice, Religious Experience, and Perception -- Antoine VERGOTE: Plying Between Psychology and Mysticism -- Perspectives and challenges for psychology when studying mysticism -- Sudhir KAKAR: Psychoanalysis and Eastern Spiritual Healing Traditions -- Jeffrey J. KRIPAL: The Christology and Psychology of the Kiss - Re-reading Bernhard of Clairvaux's Sermones Super Cantica Canticorum -- William B. PARSONS: Psychoanalysis and Mysticism - The Case of St. Augustine -- Eugene TAYLOR: Some Vicissitudes of Constructing a Cross-Cultural Comparative Psychology of Mystical States -- Mark FREEMAN: The Priority of the Other - Mysticism's Challenge to the Legacy of the Self -- Psychological interpretations of mystical phenomena -- Antoon GEELS: Transforming Moments - A Psychological Perspective on Religious Visions: Contemporary and Historical Cases -- Jacob A. BELZEN: God's Mysterious Companionship - Cultural Psychological Reflections on Mystical Conversion among Dutch "Bevindelijken" -- William W. MEISSNER: Aspects of the Mystical Life of Ignatius of Loyola -- Notes on contributors -- Index.