Concepedia

Mystical Experience

Mystical Experience is an altered state of consciousness characterized by the perceived union or direct encounter with the divine, ultimate reality, or transcendent dimension, distinguished from ordinary cognitive and perceptual states by its immediacy, ineffability, noetic quality, and sense of sacredness.

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33.8K

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755

Authors

350

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2017–2026

96

Variants

Mystical States Of Consciousness

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Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance

Roland R. Griffiths, William A. Richards, U. McCann et al. · Psychopharmacology · 2006 · 1.7K citations

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Psilocybin occasioned mystical-type experiences: immediate and persisting dose-related effects

Roland R. Griffiths, Matthew W. Johnson, William A. Richards et al. · Psychopharmacology · 2011 · 937 citations

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Mystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness

Katherine A. MacLean, Matthew W. Johnson, Roland R. Griffiths · Journal of Psychopharmacology · 2011 · 905 citations

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Mystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months later

R. R. Griffiths, WA Richards, MW Johnson et al. · Journal of Psychopharmacology · 2008 · 881 citations · Full text

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Quality of Acute Psychedelic Experience Predicts Therapeutic Efficacy of Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Leor Roseman, David Nutt, Robin Carhart‐Harris · Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2018 · 809 citations · Full text

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Authors

755

  1. RW
    Ralph W. Hood

    University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, United States

    17 publications · 2.2K citations

    15

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  2. RR
    Roland R. Griffiths

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    12 publications · 5.4K citations

    12

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  3. BG
    Bruce Greyson

    University of Virginia Health System, United States

    8 publications · 450 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. WA
    William A. Richards

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    8 publications · 3.5K citations

    8

    h-index

  5. HT
    Harry T. Hunt

    Brock University, Canada

    7 publications · 204 citations

    7

    h-index

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Institutions

350

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    15 h-index

    54 publications

    24K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    17.9K citations

  3. Zygon Center for Religion and Science

    Chicago Heights, United States

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    727 citations

  4. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

    Chattanooga, United States

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    33 publications

    12.5K citations

  6. New York University

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Brock University

    Saint Catharines, Canada

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    257 citations

  8. Laurentian University

    Sudbury, Canada

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    598 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 31 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 21 publications · 2.1K citations

    19

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  3. Religious Studies

    21 publications · 539 citations

    13

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  4. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

    12 publications · 501 citations

    12

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    10 publications · 712 citations

    10

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