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Summary

You have now completed the section; Spirituality and Unusual Experiences.

You have learnt:

  • About psychotic and mystical experiences from a spiritual perspective.
  • What is meant by everyday and transliminal experiences.
  • About the ‘Dark night of the soul’ and considered personal accounts of unusual experiences.
  • How experiences are open to interpretation.

Think about:

  1. What is the main thing that you have learnt from this section of the course?
  2. Has this section of the course changed the way you think about unusual experiences?
  3. If this section of the course has left you with questions who could you go talk to about them?
Important:
Time for a break?

Now may be a good time to take a break.