Mystical Luminosity Experience : : An Initiation of a Construct Grounded in Phenomenology.

• Superior document: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Series
• Author: Dinsmore, Jonathan.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (109 pages)

This study makes a thorough examination of the phenomenology of mystical luminosity experience, and how it may relate to religious and mystical concepts of divine or transcendent Light. A phenomenologically grounded model is introduced, and early mixed methods investigations summarized.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Mystical Luminosity Experience -- Part 1: Tracing Threads of Light from Ancient Mysticism to Modern Science -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 On the Methodological and Theoretical Framework -- 1.3 Theoretical Background -- 1.4 Solidifying Illumination: Preliminary Introduction of the Theoretical Model -- 1.5 Light of the World: Illumination throughout Religion and Mysticism -- 1.6 Theories of Light: Theoretical Discussions of Luminosity -- 1.7 I Saw the Light: Phenomenology of Contemporary Reports -- 1.8 Measuring Mystical Light: Previous Quantitative Study of Luminosity -- 1.9 Describing Light: Qualitative Research Review -- 1.10 Empirical Summary -- Part 2: A Theory of Luminosity Grounded in Phenomenology -- 2.1 The Current Working Model of Mystical Luminosity Experience -- 2.2 A New Sanctified Life: Expected Psychological Impacts of mle -- 2.3 Let There Be Light: Early Empirical Work with mle -- 2.4 Quantitative mle Research Summary -- 2.5 Phenomenological Results Summary -- 2.6 Interview Part One Results Summary: The Experience Itself -- 2.7 Interview Part Two Results Summary: The Psychosocial Impacts -- 2.8 Discussion -- 2.9 Conclusion -- Appendix -- The mle-11 Scale -- References -- Index.