Kenneth Grahame’s masterpiece, The wind in the willows, contains a classic description of a religious experience as Ratty and Mole come face-to-face with the Piper at the Gates of Dawn. This chapter draws on Happold’s identification of seven characteristics of mystical experience, as amplified by the Francis-Louden Mystical Orientation Scale, to test whether Ratty and Mole’s experience can be p...

The chariot-shaped throne of God in the heavens (merkābāh) from Ezekiel’s visions (Ezek 1; 10) was subject earliest Jewish mystical speculation. Hence, it is not surprising that there are numerous allusions and references to merkābāh mysticism Targum Jonathan Book Ezekiel. This article analyzes texts containing elements mysticism, namely image sitting on throne-chariot, appearance function four...

The German philosopher K.C.F. Krause (1781–1832) found deep conceptual parallels between his panentheistic system and the Indian philosophy of Ved?nta. This article critically examines Krause’s understanding Ved?nta popular Hindu religion. I argue that while was correct in viewing mystical doctrine as a precursor to own philosophy, he also frequently misled by unreliable translations secondary ...

This paper proposes to study mystical experience by contrasting it with “ordinary” experience, i.e., standard consciousness. It emphasises the construed nature of consciousness and role that mutual connectedness mental contents plays in its construction. then shows removal factors are responsible for “making” accounts principal features experience; these are, therefore, mainly negative. Underst...