"Not Drugs but Night": Thomas Merton on LSD and the Psychology of Religious Experience
This historical exegesis traces Thomas Merton's relationship to psychedelics, mysticism and the psychology of religious experience. It is through Merton's critique of psychedelics that his nascent psychology of religious experience emerges, including how Merton defines "authentic"...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | En cours de chargement...
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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The Merton annual
Année: 2023, Volume: 36, Pages: 174-211 |
| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychologie de la religion AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux CB Spiritualité chrétienne KAJ Époque contemporaine ZD Psychologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
HALLUCINOGENIC drugs
B Religious Experience B Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 B Mysticism B RELIGIOUS psychology B Sabbath B LSD (Drug) |
| Résumé: | This historical exegesis traces Thomas Merton's relationship to psychedelics, mysticism and the psychology of religious experience. It is through Merton's critique of psychedelics that his nascent psychology of religious experience emerges, including how Merton defines "authentic" mystical experience, and how he understands "mysticism" in general. An analysis of Merton's correspondence with Linda Miroslava Sabbath and Raymond Prince suggests that behind Merton's seemingly outright dismissal of "drug-mysticism," one can actually locate not only his thinking regarding the interrelationship between psychology and mysticism, but also a deeply pastoral approach towards working through extreme religious experience that is directly applicable to today's psychedelic resurgence. |
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| ISSN: | 0894-4857 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The Merton annual
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