The Objectivity of Spiritual Experiences: Spontaneous Mental Imagery and the Spiritual Space
Revista Eletrônica Informação e Cognição (Cessada) December 31, 1969 Marcelo S. Mercante 4 citations
After ritual ingestion of Ayahuasca, people experience spontaneous mental imagery called mirações, which are understood not as hallucinations but as a genuine mode of perception in a non-physical yet objective spiritual space. This space is shared by ceremony participants, is multidimensional, and contains the physical and psychological levels of existence. Mirações connect different entities—body, thoughts, feelings, culture, mind, soul—within consciousness. Exploring this spiritual space during the ceremony is regarded as a process of spiritual development.