… He affirms that mystical experiences were certainly real in the life of Beatrice, but they were
free gifts of God. The biographer thus tries to discourage the reader from thinking that mystical
experiences necessarily belong to a holy life, and should be imitated …

… This shapes his interpretation of the Modern Devotion. According to Brandsma, the Modern
Devotion is a typical Northern Dutch mystical movement in which the divine grace of mystical
experiences is interwoven with the human side of asceticism. ISSN: 1783-1652 …

… Lutgart came from a burgher family in Sint-Truiden. After having lived a carefree youth, she
became benedictines. It was only later that she entered in a Cistercian convent. The biographer
emphasizes that she enjoyed enormous mystical experiences during her religious life …

… M. Fredrikson, P. Unge, A. Hagenfeldt, S. Valind, D. Larhammar, M. Larsson, 'Sensed Presence
and Mystical Experiences are Predicted by Suggestibility, not by the Application of Transcranial
Weak Complex Magnetic Fields', Neuroscience Letters 379 (2005), 1–6. 14 Granqvist …

… of the kind described by Jacobus. According to De Vrijer it here concerns mystical
experiences of a Christian type, for the believers are striving for a personal
communion with the Trinity. However, he thinks that some of them …

… 4 For an overview of the current debates on the status of mystical experiences, we refer to Kees
Waaijman, 'Spirituality- A Multifaceted Phenomenon. Interdisciplinary Explorations', Studies in
Spirituality 17 (2007), l-113; Peter Widmer, 'Die angelsiichsische Mystikdebatte …

… Of special interest would be James' study The Will to Believe, in which James makes no
commitment to the existence of deity, but only to the existence of mystical experiences,
the types of which are traced in Varieties of Religious Experience …

… Of Roots and Fruits: A Comparison of Psychedelic and Nonpsychedelic Mystical Experiences.
Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 57(4), 338-353 … Psilocybin-Occasioned Mystical Experiences
in the Treatment of Tobacco Addiction. Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 7(3), 157-164 …

… becomes “Vindmanden”. Centrality of Imagination, Dreams, and Mystical Experiences
Crucial to … p. 39). It is this kind of uninhibited mentality, Scott stresses, which is most
receptive to dreams and mystical experiences. It should …

… representing spiritual transformations of the dying, without pretend- ing to give a complete
overview (3). This is followed by two examples of mo- nastic dying-narratives, Benedict of Nursia
and the Buddha, that offer beliefs from mystical experiences of death (4). Finally, a …