Spiritual experience

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1. Thinking about spiritual experience
2. Thought-provoking links
3. Christian Mysticism
4. Resources

1. Thinking about spiritual experience

Awareness of God — by Illtyd Trethowan

http://www.leaderu.com/truth/3truth05.html

The Experential Basis of Theism — by William P. Alston

http://www.leaderu.com/truth/3truth04.html

2. Thought-provoking links

The Psychology of Religious Experience — A transcript of the Thinking Allowed television interview with Huston Smith.

http://www.thinking-allowed.com/smith.html

The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick — A comic which appeared in Weirdo magazine, based on writings by the (atheist) science fiction author whose books inspired Blade Runner and Minority Report.

http://www.philipkdickfans.com/weirdo/weirdo1.htm

3. Christian Mysticism

Christian Mysticism — An extended collection of pages on Christian Mysticism from InnerExplorations

http://www.innerexplorations.com/chmystext/christia.htm

Christian Mysticism - Quotes — part of a survey of Mysticism in World Religions; a good introductory or comparative quote list

http://www.digiserve.com/mystic/Christian/index.html

Christian Mystics — The Site for Christian Mystics / Traditional and Contemporary

http://www.christianmystics.com/

Mystics in Love — an introduction to some of the more interesting medieval Christian mystics

http://www.gloriana.nu/mystic.html

Who's Who in the History of Western Mysticism — an encyclopaedic survey of mystics and mystical movements, mostly Christian

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/mys/whoswho.htm

4. Resources

The Varieties of Religious Experience — William James' 1902 classic, still in print, still referenced constantly in discussions of religious experience; this is an online edition.

http://www.psychwww.com/psyrelig/james/toc.htm