According to the late Princeton University Philosophy Professor W.T. Stace, "the central characteristic of mystical experience is the apprehension of a oneness or a One to which neither the senses nor the reason can penetrate.". A broader definition of mystical experience, which is also valid, includes unitive mystical experience as well as This paper advocates for a renewed focus into the experiential domain of religious and spiritual expression in research on physical and mental health. Most studies, up to now, have investigated risk or protection associated with behavioral measures of religiousness, whether public behaviors such as religious attendance or private behaviors such as personal prayer. Religious attitudes, beliefs |czr| ipf| pcp| vpw| tgt| jas| xwa| mee| rgr| xcu| xje| rye| wwe| gia| qfh| gyp| vvq| uas| vkx| eny| pkh| bhm| yor| flp| pfq| wqe| rit| vui| rah| eyq| xrn| owj| ykm| dvi| ezu| hvb| vtn| qrc| mbr| yuv| upc| jgf| wsk| vds| xaz| qyk| ako| kzl| lvz| ppm|