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<blockquote class="definition">'''Psychotic Mysticism''' is a syncretic term for [[Nadir Experience]] used by Ben Scharfstein<ref>Scharfstein, Ben-Ami. Mystical Experience. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973</ref> The terms refers to a [[Connection Experience]] | <blockquote class="definition">'''Psychotic Mysticism''' is a syncretic term for [[Nadir Experience]] used by Ben Scharfstein<ref>Scharfstein, Ben-Ami. Mystical Experience. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973</ref> The terms refers to a [[Connection Experience]] with [[Egoic Collapse]] that shades into classic psychosis and [[Schizophrenia]]. | ||
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Scharfstein carries on an interesting discussion of "psychotic mysticism" where he suggests that a mystical psychosis involves "the sense of drastic separation from everything....the loss of oneself in fusion with other people and things...and...fear and guilt that acquire a hallucinatory presence.<ref>Scharfstein, Ben-Ami. Mystical Experience. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973. p. 133 </ref> He cites the case of one Daniel Paul Schreber<ref>Schreber, Daniel Paul. Memoirs of My Nervous Illness. NYRB Classics, 2000. https://amzn.to/2U8Se6Q.</ref> who describe a nervous illness in which he had "nerve contact" with God, and that there were nerve-filaments that connected all other souls in the universe to each other, and that his filaments were poisoned and that "diseased nervous system." Essentially, Schreber is describing a diseased connection. | Scharfstein carries on an interesting discussion of "psychotic mysticism" where he suggests that a mystical psychosis involves "the sense of drastic separation from everything....the loss of oneself in fusion with other people and things...and...fear and guilt that acquire a hallucinatory presence.<ref>Scharfstein, Ben-Ami. Mystical Experience. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973. p. 133 </ref> He cites the case of one Daniel Paul Schreber<ref>Schreber, Daniel Paul. Memoirs of My Nervous Illness. NYRB Classics, 2000. https://amzn.to/2U8Se6Q.</ref> who describe a nervous illness in which he had "nerve contact" with God, and that there were nerve-filaments that connected all other souls in the universe to each other, and that his filaments were poisoned and that "diseased nervous system." Essentially, Schreber is describing a diseased connection. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:00, 21 October 2026
Psychotic Mysticism
Psychotic Mysticism is a syncretic term for Nadir Experience used by Ben Scharfstein[1] The terms refers to a Connection Experience with Egoic Collapse that shades into classic psychosis and Schizophrenia.
Concept Map
Key Terms
Lightning Path Human Development Framework >
- Ahimsa
- Alignment Rule Set
- Five Barriers to Human Flourishing
- Focus Point
- Full Actuation
- Full Realization
- Lighning Path Component Frameworks
- Seven Components of Human Development
- Connected Consciousness
- Connection Algorithm
- Connection Axes
- Connection Blockage
- Connection Coach
- Connection Enhancements
- Connection Experience
- Connection Framework
- Connection Manual
- Connection Obstacle
- Connection Outcome
- Connection Pathology
- Connection Practice
- Connection Therapist
- Connection Therapy
- Healing and Connection Journal
- Initiation
- Inner Connection
- No-Violence Rule
- Outer Connection
- Reconnection
- Connection Pathology
- Déjà vu
- Ecstasy
- Emotional Cleansing
- Emotional Satisfaction
- Enhanced Positive Affect
- Enlightenment
- Existential Terrors
- Healing
- Liberation
- Moksha
- Perfected Connection
- Physical Sensations
- Psychotic Mysticism
- Realization of Self
- Ritambharapragya
- Spontaneous Alignment
- The Unity
- Union
Syncretic Terms
Egoic Collapse > Nadir Experience, Psychotic Mysticism, Schizophrenia
Nadir Experience > Dark Night of the Soul, Death, Flooding, Psychotic Mysticism, Spiritual Emergency
Notes
Psychotic mysticism occurs as a consequence of psychological and emotional damage to the Bodily Ego. Stress may trigger, and Old Energy Archetypes may contribute to the onset and exacerbate the experience.
Scharfstein carries on an interesting discussion of "psychotic mysticism" where he suggests that a mystical psychosis involves "the sense of drastic separation from everything....the loss of oneself in fusion with other people and things...and...fear and guilt that acquire a hallucinatory presence.[2] He cites the case of one Daniel Paul Schreber[3] who describe a nervous illness in which he had "nerve contact" with God, and that there were nerve-filaments that connected all other souls in the universe to each other, and that his filaments were poisoned and that "diseased nervous system." Essentially, Schreber is describing a diseased connection.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Scharfstein, Ben-Ami. Mystical Experience. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973
- ↑ Scharfstein, Ben-Ami. Mystical Experience. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973. p. 133
- ↑ Schreber, Daniel Paul. Memoirs of My Nervous Illness. NYRB Classics, 2000. https://amzn.to/2U8Se6Q.