The mystic experience: a psychiatric reflection.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie March 1, 1979 J E Runions 6 citations
Mystical experiences occur across a wide range of conditions—epilepsy, toxicity, organic brain syndromes, major psychoses, hysterical dissociative states, and in apparently normal persons. The experience can significantly impact personality. The author warns psychiatrists against two common errors: reductionism, which defines mystical experience solely in pathological terms, and speculation without adequate philosophical or theological tools.