Articles related to "Mystical State"

The poem "I taste a liquor never brewed" portrays the speaker's spiritual intoxication through an extended metaphor likening her soul drunkenness to alcohol inebriation.

Neuroscientist Mario Beauregard disproves current theories that mystical experiences are the consequences of genetic function and neural stimulation.

In support of his account of what counts as a mystical experience, William James offers an analysis of how and why a mystic holds an authoritative position.

William James sought to synthesize science and religion in The Varieties of Religious Experience. This essay introduces his ideas on mysticism, and mystical experience.

Hinduism developed an elaborate technical vocabulary in Sanskrit to classify and describe mystical states.