The Psychology of Religious Mysticism

by James H. Leuba

Overview

First Published in 1999. This is Volume III of six of a series on the Psychology of Religion. Written around 1925, this book is a psychological study of human nature. It includes a philosophical chapter and also one in which are set forth the practical consequences to religion of some of its conclusions. But, whatever may be the importance of these two chapters, the book is to be judged primarily as a psychological study of aspects of human nature conspicuous in mystical religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415211123
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/24/1999
Series:	International Library of Psychology
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter I Mysticism and Religion–An Introduction; Chapter II Mystical Ecstasy as Produced by Physical Means; Chapter III The Yoga System of Mental Concentration and Religious Mysticism; Chapter IV Christian Mysticism; Chapter V The Motivation of Christian Mysticism; Chapter 6 The Methods Of Christian Mysticism1Comp. chap. XVII of Pratt's Religious Consciousness, and the correspond ing Chapter s in Delacroix’ Etudes.; Chapter VII The Moral Development Of The Great Mystics And Its Relation To The Oscillations Of Their Psycho-Physiological Level; Chapter 8 The Great Mystics, Hysteria And Neurasthenia1The main ideas expressed in this Chapter are to be f oun d in our articles on the Christian Mystics published in the Rev. Philos, for 1902.; Chapter 9 Ecstasy, Religious And Otherwise; Chapter 10 The Main Characteristics of Trance-Consciousness and Certain Attendant Phenomena, in Part icular those Producing the Impression of Illumination; Chapter XI The Sense Of Invisible Presence And Divine Guidance; Chapter XII Religion, Science And Philosophy; Chapter XIII The Disappearance of the Belief in a Personal Superhuman Cause and the Welfare of Humanity;