The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · 1963 · 68 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyExperimental PsychologyMysticismPsychotherapyMindfulnessMystical ExperienceMeditative PracticePsychic Automatism
1 Austen Riggs Center, Inc., Stockbridge, Massachusetts. This investigation was supported by a Special Fellowship MF-17217 and a Research Grant, M-6354 (A) from the National Institute of Mental Health, USPHS; and by the Austen Riggs Center. The author is indebted to Dr. Roy Schafer and Dr. George S. Klein for their guidance, suggestions and criticism in the course of the investigation and the preparation of this manuscript. 2 A more detailed account of the mystic experience and the de-automatization hypothesis has been prepared (4).