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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn : mapping the spiritual experiences of Mole and Ratty onto a scientific analysis of mysticism
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Francis, Leslie J. (2015) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn : mapping the spiritual experiences of Mole and Ratty onto a scientific analysis of mysticism. Journal for the Study of Religious Experience , 1 (1). pp. 20-31. ISSN 2057-2301.
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Abstract
Kenneth Grahame’s masterpiece, The wind in the willows, contains a classic description of a religious experience as Ratty and Mole come face-to-face with the Piper at the Gates of Dawn. This chapter draws on Happold’s identification of seven characteristics of mystical experience, as amplified by the Francis-Louden Mystical Orientation Scale, to test whether Ratty and Mole’s experience can be properly classified as a mystical experience. It is argued that Ratty and Mole’s experience passes the test of exemplifying all seven characteristics: ineffability, noesis, transiency, passivity, consciousness of the oneness of everything, sense of timelessness, and true ego.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Experience (Religion) , Psychology, Religious, Mysticism , Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932 -- Criticism and interpretation | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal for the Study of Religious Experience | ||||||
Publisher: | Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre | ||||||
ISSN: | 2057-2301 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2015 | ||||||
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Volume: | 1 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 20-31 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 September 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 September 2016 |
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