Mystical Luminosity Experience: An Initiation of a Construct Grounded in Phenomenology

Contents
Acknowledgements
Mystical Luminosity Experience
	Part 1: Tracing Threads of Light from Ancient Mysticism to Modern Science
		1.1 Introduction
		1.2 On the Methodological and Theoretical Framework
		1.3 Theoretical Background
		1.4 Solidifying Illumination: Preliminary Introduction of the Theoretical Model
		1.5 Light of the World: Illumination throughout Religion and Mysticism
		1.6 Theories of Light: Theoretical Discussions of Luminosity
		1.7 I Saw the Light: Phenomenology of Contemporary Reports
		1.8 Measuring Mystical Light: Previous Quantitative Study of Luminosity
		1.9 Describing Light: Qualitative Research Review
		1.10 Empirical Summary
	Part 2: A Theory of Luminosity Grounded in Phenomenology
		2.1 The Current Working Model of Mystical Luminosity Experience
		2.2 A New Sanctified Life: Expected Psychological Impacts of mle
		2.3 Let There Be Light: Early Empirical Work with mle
		2.4 Quantitative mle Research Summary
		2.5 Phenomenological Results Summary
		2.6 Interview Part One Results Summary: The Experience Itself
		2.7 Interview Part Two Results Summary: The Psychosocial Impacts
		2.8 Discussion
		2.9 Conclusion
	Appendix
		The mle-11 Scale
	References
	Index