{"product_id":"mystical-encounters-with-the-natural-paul-marshall-9780199279432","title":"Mystical Encounters with the Natural World: Experiences and Explanations","description":"Some experiences of the natural world bring a sense of unity, knowledge, self-transcendence, eternity, light, and love. This is the first detailed study of these intriguing phenomena. Paul Marshall explores the circumstances, characteristics, and after-effects of this important but relatively neglected type of mystical experience, and critiques explanations that range from the spiritual and metaphysical to the psychoanalytic, contextual, and neuropsychological. The theorists discussed include R. M. Bucke, Edward Carpenter, W. R. Inge, Evelyn Underhill, Rudolf Otto, Sigmund Freud, Aldous Huxley, R. C. Zaehner, W. T. Stace, Steven Katz, and Robert Forman, as well as contemporary neuroscientists. The book makes a significant contribution to current debates about the nature of mystical experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199279438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199279432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d","brand":"Paul Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119437246719,"sku":"9780199279432","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c041a627-11e3-4189-affe-b7d74038bb05.jpg?v=1687409343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mystical-encounters-with-the-natural-paul-marshall-9780199279432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}