Intentional Transformative Experiences
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Edited by:
Sarah Perez
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Funded by:
University of Bern
About this book
This book offers new theoretical insights into religious, esoteric, and philosophical practices and narratives that deal with "intentional transformative experiences." Exceptional life-changing experiences are often believed to be beyond the individual's control—they are thought to "simply happen." However, many individuals actively and self-reflectively search for transformative experiences.
Intentional Transformative Experiences provides analyses of such intentionally sought experiences in different spiritual, religious, and esoteric milieus. Case studies range from South and Central Asian traditions to Western esoteric practices, compare autobiographical narratives of self-cultivation, and explore attempts to systematize intentional transformative experiences.
Next to applying established theoretical frameworks, such as the cognitive science of religion and philosophy, this volume also includes considerations on subsets of transformative experiences such as the dichotomy of intentionality and unintentionality, risk and failure, as well as the transformation of others instead of one's own self. The result is an important contribution for researchers who deal with narratives or practices that include "transformative experiences."
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Sarah Perez, Bastiaan van Rijn and Jens Schlieter Open Access Download PDF |
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Part I: Cognitive Analyses of Intentional Transformative Experiences
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Keith Edward Cantú Open Access Download PDF |
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Flavio A. Geisshüsler Open Access Download PDF |
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Maddalena Canna Open Access Download PDF |
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Part II: Societal and Cultural Analyses of Intentional Transformative Experiences
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Joseph Azize and Steven J. Sutcliffe Open Access Download PDF |
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Magdalena Kraler Open Access Download PDF |
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Part III: Analyses of Individuals’ Intentional Transformative Experiences
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Wouter J. Hanegraaff Open Access Download PDF |
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Marleen Thaler Open Access Download PDF |
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Bastiaan van Rijn Open Access Download PDF |
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Part IV: Conceptual Analyses of Intentional Transformative Experiences
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Karl Baier Open Access Download PDF |
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Jens Schlieter Open Access Download PDF |
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Sarah Perez Open Access Download PDF |
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