TY - JOUR
TI - A Critical Assessment of Psychological Theories of Ecstasy. Towards an Integrative Model for Theorising Ecstasy
AU - Deecke, Moritz
TI - A Critical Assessment of Psychological Theories of Ecstasy. Towards an Integrative Model for Theorising Ecstasy
AB - 
	In this article a number of approaches toward ecstasy or ecstatic spirit possession are explored that take a decisively non-sociological approach to the subject. They stress the importance of acknowledging ecstasy and related phenomena not as by-products of social struggle but as actual experiences that are events with meaning and importance in the biographies of those who experience them. Some of these are psychological theories (exemplified by Abraham Maslow), some are theological (Teresa of Ávila), and some stand in between (Martin Buber). These psycho-theological theories contribute to understanding ecstasy and have to be taken into account. Emphasised at the end of the article is the need to reconcile these views with the seemingly contradictory theories of ecstasy such as that of Lewis.
VL - 2013
IS - Volume 46, Issue 1
PY - 2013
SN - 0137-2432
C1 - 2084-4077
SP - 45
EP - 53
DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.13.004.1225
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/a-critical-assessment-of-psychological-theories-of-ecstasy-towards-an-integrative-model-for-theorising-ecstasy
KW - Martin Buber
KW - Abraham Maslow
KW - Teresa of Avila
KW - ecstasy
KW - trance
KW - spirit-possession
KW - integral theory
KW - integrative model
KW - psychology of religion