Visionary Spiritual Experiences in an Enchanted World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18988992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David J Hufford (Samueli Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 142-158 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology & Humanism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1548-1409 • E-ISSN: 1559-9167 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01063.x |
| OpenAlex | W1636474616 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 16 |
In the “disenchanted” modern world, belief in the existence of spirits came to be seen as a nonrational and nonempirical product of culture. Psychological and anthropological theorizing explained naïve, nonmodern spirit encounter experiences as culturally loaded imaginative events. Among modern populations such experiences were assumed to be pathological and relatively rare. The resulting stigma suppressed the reporting of spirit encounters by modern individuals, bringing appearances into line with theory. Recent research, particularly in medicine, has shown that spirit encounters taken to be real are actually quite common in modern populations without regard to education or religious or other cultural background. This has initiated a slow but dramatic revision of psychiatric diagnosis, and it demands a major reconsideration of social science theories of spirit belief, especially in anthropology
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Religious belief · Sociology · Stigma (botany) · Anthropology · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |