Document Type

Book

Publication Date

Summer 7-11-2024

Keywords

light, luminosity, mystical experience, near-death experience, anomalous experience, phenomenology

Abstract

Light of a divine or transcendent nature is widely revered in various religious and mystical traditions around the world, and luminosity with mystical qualities such as love, bliss, peace, and noetic realization is also frequently reported by contemporary experiencers. Despite being described as a profoundly significant, sacred, and transformative experience, mystical luminosity has received relatively little attention in modern scholarship and scientific study, and has only been examined empirically within isolated contexts, such as NDEs or contemplative practices. This study examines the phenomenology which binds mystical luminosity across various experiential contexts to construct a phenomenologically grounded theoretical model. A three-part mixed methods investigation using a new mystical luminosity experience scale based on this model is then summarized, with findings generally supporting and further clarifying the model.

Comments

Author manuscript / pre-publication version. The final published version appears in Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Psychology. Please cite the published version:

Dinsmore, J. (01 Jul. 2024). Mystical Luminosity Experience. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004700604

© 2023 Jonathan Dinsmore. All rights reserved.

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