First Published in 1999. This is Volume III of six of a series on the Psychology of Religion. Written around 1925, this book is a psychological study of human nature. It includes a philosophical chapter and also one in which are set forth the practical consequences to religion of some of its conclusions. But, whatever may be the importance of these two chapters, the book is to be judged primarily as a psychological study of aspects of human nature conspicuous in mystical religion.
Preface
ix
Mysticism and Religion, An Introduction
1
(7)
Mystical Ecstasy as Produced by Physical Means
8
(29)
The Yoga System of Mental Concentration and Religious Mysticism
37
(11)
Christian Mysticism
48
(68)
The Motivation of Christian Mysticism
116
(40)
The Methods of Christian Mysticism
156
(28)
The Moral Development of the Great Mystics and its Relation to the Oscillations of their Psycho-Physiological Level
184
(7)
The Great Mystics, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia
191
(13)
Ecstasy, Religious and Otherwise: a Comparative Study
204
(48)
The Main Characteristics of Trance-Consciousness and Certain Attendant Phenomena, in Particular those Producing the Impression of Illumination
252
(28)
The Sense of Invisible Presence and Divine Guidance
280
(20)
Religion, Science, and Philosophy
300
(19)
The Disappearance of the Belief in a Personal Super-human Cause and the Welfare of Humanity
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