Mystical dreaming
Patterns in form, content, and meaning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3900612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kelly Bulkeley (0000-0002-3714-6287) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-41 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dreaming (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0014788 |
| OpenAlex | W2028422489 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article enriches the psychological understanding of religious mysticism by exploring patterns of form, content, and meaning in self-described mystical dreams, drawing on extensive sleep and dream interviews conducted with 100 contemporary Americans. Four major hypotheses regarding mystical expe
Art · Cognitive psychology · Content (measure theory · Content analysis · Epistemology · Literature · Meaning (existential · Mysticism · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Anthropology · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Philosophy · Social Psychology
Conceiving Religious Dreams and Mystical Experiences
Dreaming mystical experience among Christians and Hindus
The Counterintuitiveness of Supernatural Dreams and Religiosity
The dreams of monks
Dreaming in religion and pilgrimage
Expanding the Scope of "Supernatural" Dreaming in the Light of the Cognitive and Evolutionary Study of Religion and Cultural Transmission
The Construction, Preliminary Validation, and Correlates of a Dream-Specific Scale for Mystical Experience
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |