WHY THIS BLOG?

Q: What does Mysticexperiences.net bring to this age’s understanding of mysticism? A: The Blog started as an aid to help … More

WALES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES

Wales University has over 6,000 case histories of spiritual xperiences. The archives were originally established by Dr Alister Hardy … More

Below is an excerpt from the current special issue of the Journal for the Study of Religious Experience (JSRE) on … More

Who can become a Mystic? No-one knows. The Mystic Experience of Reality (MER) is spontaneous if my experiences of … More

You can’t. It practices you. Mysticism is not a religion, a cult, or a dogma. It is an overpowering … More

QUESTION: Can a person be a mystic and also practice another religion at the same time? (i.e. Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.) … More

IN REVIEW The Gospel of Jesus: In Search of his Original Teachings, 1068 pages, by John Davidson MA (Cantab). Due … More

Is this seemingly spontaneous trend leaping out of the religious frying pan into the ‘human-spirit’ fire …?Is it missing the … More

This is a Reblog of a post by Giovanni Dienstmann (See the original post here) This Reblog is a precise … More

Humanity barely consequential; mysticism beyond, and limitless? The suggestion the experience of Reality that defines a mystic has anything to … More

What’s love got to do with it? One of the most powerful discernments taken from my mystical experiences was … More

That dratted word, “my”. A Christian on the Internet objects to the use of “my” – as in when I … More

This essay is a thoughtful expression of a long time Seeker’s arrival at a crossroads in her development. Its particularly … More

Below is a link to a paper written by Dr. Markides and published in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, … More

FOLLOWER: Did you see God? ANSWER: I wouldn’t call it God. In my present state of development plus what … More