Let there be light: developing the mystical luminosity experience construct and scale

Light of a transcendental or divine nature is widely described in various mystical and religious traditions, and light with mystical qualities is reported in many nonordinary experiences studied today, most notably near-death and mystical experiences. Despite its significance to contemporary experiencers and much of religion and mysticism, empirical investigation of this phenomenon has been scant and scattered, and its quantitative measure has consisted of small numbers of items on a few scales measuring more general constructs. While the concept that this may be a unified phenomenon appearing in different ways and experiential contexts has been discussed in theoretical and philosophical work, no empirical investigation has yet explored it. This study aims to solidify mystical luminosity experience as a psychological construct for scientific study, by synthesizing existing theory and empirical findings into a working theoretical model and developing and validating a scale for its measurement.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Year dc:date.available

2028

Author dc:creator

• Dinsmore, Jonathan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-
• Huber, Thomas; Woolacott, Marjorie M.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Light--Religious aspects
• Experience (Religion)
• Mysticism

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/820

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1966