Abstract
Keywords. Mystical experience, spiritual intelligence.
Objectives. Mystical experience (ME) is an altered state of consciousness and may indicate
an individual’s psychospiritual growth (Garcia-Romeu et al., 2015). Since one of the defining
characteristics of ME is a sense of the presence of a higher, all-encompassing force, ME is
often interpreted as a spiritual experience (Lifshitza et al., 2019; Moreira-Almeida, 2012). One of the concepts of spirituality whose relationship with ME has so far not been studied, is spiritual intelligence. The ability to enter and exit higher states of consciousness is mentioned
as one of the characteristics of spiritual intelligence (King & DeCicco, 2009).
The aim of this research was to evaluate the relationships between ME spiritual intelligence
on a sample of 299 non-clinical Latvian women. We hypnotized that spiritual intelligence will
be closely related to ME and ME will be an important predictor of spiritual intelligence.
Materials and Methods. The data were collected using three self-report questionaries –
Mysticism Scale (Hood, 2001), Spiritual Intelligence Survey (Bitēna et al., 2020), and
sociodemographic data survey.
Results. Results suggest that ME is positively correlated with the overall indicator of
Spiritual intelligence (rs
= .66, p < .001) as well as its factors (rs
= .46-.63, p < .001) and is
important predictor to the spiritual intelligence (β = .66).
Conclusions. The results of the study support the growing trend of the recent years to view
ME as a spiritual phenomenon (Harris et al., 2015; Moreira-Almeida & Cardeña, 2011), which
is often perceived and interpreted as a spiritual experience (Garcia-Romeu et al., 2015) and is
consistent with previous research on the relationship between ME and spiritual dimensions
(Willard & Norenzayan, 2017)
Objectives. Mystical experience (ME) is an altered state of consciousness and may indicate
an individual’s psychospiritual growth (Garcia-Romeu et al., 2015). Since one of the defining
characteristics of ME is a sense of the presence of a higher, all-encompassing force, ME is
often interpreted as a spiritual experience (Lifshitza et al., 2019; Moreira-Almeida, 2012). One of the concepts of spirituality whose relationship with ME has so far not been studied, is spiritual intelligence. The ability to enter and exit higher states of consciousness is mentioned
as one of the characteristics of spiritual intelligence (King & DeCicco, 2009).
The aim of this research was to evaluate the relationships between ME spiritual intelligence
on a sample of 299 non-clinical Latvian women. We hypnotized that spiritual intelligence will
be closely related to ME and ME will be an important predictor of spiritual intelligence.
Materials and Methods. The data were collected using three self-report questionaries –
Mysticism Scale (Hood, 2001), Spiritual Intelligence Survey (Bitēna et al., 2020), and
sociodemographic data survey.
Results. Results suggest that ME is positively correlated with the overall indicator of
Spiritual intelligence (rs
= .66, p < .001) as well as its factors (rs
= .46-.63, p < .001) and is
important predictor to the spiritual intelligence (β = .66).
Conclusions. The results of the study support the growing trend of the recent years to view
ME as a spiritual phenomenon (Harris et al., 2015; Moreira-Almeida & Cardeña, 2011), which
is often perceived and interpreted as a spiritual experience (Garcia-Romeu et al., 2015) and is
consistent with previous research on the relationship between ME and spiritual dimensions
(Willard & Norenzayan, 2017)
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 276-276 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
| Event | 7th RSU International Student Conference 2021: Health and Social Sciences - RSU, Rīga, Latvia Duration: 22 Mar 2021 → 23 Mar 2021 Conference number: 7 https://isc.rsu.lv/ https://isc.rsu.lv/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ISC2021_Health-Abstracts.pdf https://isc.rsu.lv/about/past-conferences/ |
Conference
| Conference | 7th RSU International Student Conference 2021 |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | ISC 2021 |
| Country/Territory | Latvia |
| City | Rīga |
| Period | 22/03/21 → 23/03/21 |
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Field of Science*
- 5.1 Psychology
- 6.5 Other humanities
Publication Type*
- 3.4. Other publications in conference proceedings (including local)