The consciousness of surrender and the surrendered consciousness

Ecstatic dreams of Lord Krishna

Bibliographic Data

ID20503590
AuthorsGraham Dwyer (0000-0003-2574-7760, University of Winchester, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume25
Issue3
Pages325-337
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Beliefs and Values (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1361-7672 • E-ISSN: 1469-9362
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1361767042000306149
OpenAlexW2067006818
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

This article is based on research at Bhaktivedanta Manor, the main UK centre of the Hare Krishna movement, and it examines ecstatic dreams of Lord Krishna which devotees at the Manor claim to experience. With a focus on one key informant's account of such dreams, the article explores the role the dreams play in spiritual and devotional life. Moving away from psychoanalytic and from similar or related psychological interpretations of spiritual dreams, it advances an alternative approach, a phenomenologically oriented approach rooted in the work of the French philosopher Jean‐Paul Sartre. The article further contends that this provides students and scholars of spiritual dreams with a helpful model, not merely for analysing accounts of ecstatic dreams reported by members of the Hare Krishna movement, but also, perhaps, for interpreting spiritual or ecstatic dreams reported by adherents of other faiths

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Consciousness · Epistemology · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Spiritual practice · Spirituality · Surrender · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Theological Perspectives and Practices

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