Experiences of radical personal transformation in mysticism, religious conversion, and psychosis: A review of the varieties, processes, and consequences of the numinous

Journal of Mind and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-398

  Hunt, H T ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LYSERGIDE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFLICT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MYSTICISM; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0034471052     PISSN: 02710137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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