Mistinés Patirties Tyrinéjimo Galimybés
The Possibilities of the Investigation of the Mystical Experience

Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to the main tendencies of the contemporary mysticism studies. The aim of the article is to explore the possibilities of the investigation of the mystical experience. There are different conceptions of the mystical experience proposed by contemporary scientists and cherished by mystics. I draw the clear distinction between the mystical experience as a process of whole life and the mystical experience as a transient trance. Even the latter conception preferred by most of the scientists seems to have too many variations. I discuss some most important researches in the brain studies and examine the investigations of the trance caused by the chemical and organic substances. The question of an authenticity of the mystical experience is crucial here. The texts of the medieval Christian mystics such as Teresa of Avila, Jan van Ruusbroec and the author of the Cloud of Unknowing help to find the base for the identification of the authenticity and to research the influence of the tradition on the mystical experience.

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