丰富神秘体验的共同核心:对道家僧尼访谈的定性分析

IF 1.7 2区 哲学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Zhuo Job Chen, Shuozhi Guo, Richard G. Cowden
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【摘要】对迷幻、宗教、精神和神秘(PRSM)体验的科学研究可以通过运用文化包容性的定性方法来推进,这些方法可以阐明各种情境下个人体验的广度和深度。为了丰富神秘主义的共同核心论点,并为弥合迷幻和宗教体验之间的鸿沟提供更广泛的见解,本研究采用现象学方法探索道教实践者神秘体验的结构和内容。样本包括19名经验丰富的道家僧尼。半结构化访谈采用修改后的共同核心论文的理论框架改编的定向问题进行,该论文涉及八大类神秘体验(即自我丧失,永恒和无空间,统一,内在主观性,积极影响,神圣性,精神品质和不可言说)。主题编码暗示了两组道家体验,一组主题包括自我的消解、统一的体验和身体的感觉,另一组主题包括精神的输出和与神和灵魂的共鸣。衍生的主题与共同核心论题的一些规定相对应,但又以独特的主题——精神和身体感觉的输出——扩展了这一理论,将内向、外向和解释神秘主义联系起来。我们借鉴了道教经典和经典中的观点,对这些发现进行了情境化的讨论,并强调了这些发现有助于将共同核心论题扩展到更广泛的减贫战略方案经验的一些方式。本项目/出版物是在邓普顿宗教信托基金的资助下得以实现的,该基金由国际科学与社会信仰研究网络(INSBS)、约翰邓普顿基金会、美国心理学会第36分会(宗教与灵性心理学学会)和宗教科学研究学会的尚德基金资助。本出版物中表达的观点是作者的观点,并不一定反映邓普顿宗教信托基金,约翰邓普顿基金会或INSBS的观点。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。本研究得到了约翰邓普顿基金会的支持;美国心理学会第36分会;宗教科学研究学会;科学与社会信仰研究国际研究网络;坦普尔顿宗教信托基金。
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Enriching the Common Core of Mystical Experience: A Qualitative Analysis of Interviews with Daoist Monks and Nuns
ABSTRACTThe scientific study of psychedelic, religious, spiritual, and mystical (PRSM) experiences can be advanced by applying culturally inclusive qualitative methodologies that illuminate the breadth and depth of individual experiences in a variety of contexts. To enrich the common core thesis of mysticism and offer insights that could contribute more generally to bridging the gap between psychedelic and religious experiences, the current study used a phenomenological approach to explore the structure and content of mystical experiences among Daoist practitioners. The sample included 19 highly experienced Daoist monks and nuns. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with orienting questions that were adapted from the theoretical framework of the modified common core thesis, which taps into eight broad categories of mystical experience (i.e. ego loss, timelessness and spaceless, unity, inner subjectivity, positive affect, sacredness, noetic quality, and ineffability). Thematic coding suggested two clusters of Daoist experiences, one featuring a group of themes comprising dissolution of self, unitary experiences, and bodily sensations, and the other group of themes including egress of spirit and resonance with divinities and spirits. The derived themes corresponded to some prescriptions of the common core thesis, yet extended the theory with unique themes – egress of spirit and bodily sensations – that connect introvertive, extrovertive, and interpretive mysticisms. We draw on ideas found in Daoist canons and scriptures to provide a contextualized discussion of the findings, and highlight some of the ways that the findings contribute to expanding the common core thesis to a broader range of PRSM experiences.Keywords: Mysticismqualitativeeastern religions AcknowledgmentsThis project/publication was made possible through the support of a grant from Templeton Religion Trust, awarded via the International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society (INSBS), the support of John Templeton Foundation, the American Psychological Association’s Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality), and the Shand Grant of the Society for Scientific Study of Religion. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Templeton Religion Trust, John Templeton Foundation, or the INSBS.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the John Templeton Foundation; American Psychological Association Division 36; Society for Scientific Study of Religion; International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society (INSBS); Templeton Religion Trust.
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期刊介绍: The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country.
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