"Dark Nights of the Soul": Phenomenology and Neurocognition of Spiritual Suffering in Mysticism and Psychosis

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-234

  Hunt, Harry T ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

body image; ecological self; presence; schizophrenia; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948820677     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.11.3.209     Document Type: Article

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