The Psychology of Religious Mysticism

Chapter I Mysticism and Religion–An Introduction; Chapter II Mystical Ecstasy as Produced by Physical Means; Chapter III The Yoga System of Mental Concentration and Religious Mysticism; Chapter IV Christian Mysticism; Chapter V The Motivation of Christian Mysticism; Chapter 6 The Methods Of Christian Mysticism1Comp. chap. XVII of Pratt's Religious Consciousness, and the correspond ing Chapter s in Delacroix’ Etudes.; Chapter VII The Moral Development Of The Great Mystics And Its Relation To The Oscillations Of Their Psycho-Physiological Level; Chapter 8 The Great Mystics, Hysteria And Neurasthenia1The main ideas expressed in this Chapter are to be f oun d in our articles on the Christian Mystics published in the Rev. Philos, for 1902.; Chapter 9 Ecstasy, Religious And Otherwise; Chapter 10 The Main Characteristics of Trance-Consciousness and Certain Attendant Phenomena, in Part icular those Producing the Impression of Illumination; Chapter XI The Sense Of Invisible Presence And Divine Guidance; Chapter XII Religion, Science And Philosophy; Chapter XIII The Disappearance of the Belief in a Personal Superhuman Cause and the Welfare of Humanity;