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<blockquote class="definition">'''Connection Intensity''' refers to the level of intensity of a given [[Connection Event]], whether occurring "naturally" or induced via a [[Connection Practice]] or [[Connection Supplement]]
 
<blockquote class="definition">'''Connection Intensity''' refers to the level of intensity of a given [[Connection Event]], whether occurring naturally or induced via a [[Connection Supplement]]
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==See Also==
==Connection Axis==


[[Connection Axes]] > [[Connection Quality]], [[Connection Intensity]], [[Connection Duration]], [[Connection Content]], and [[Connection Outcomes]].
[[Connection Axes]] > {{#ask:[[Is a::Connection Axis]]}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
The ''Rasch Scaling'' of the [[Mystical Experience Scale]] is an attempt to bring interval level measurement to the study of mystical experience<ref>Lange, Rense, and Michael A. Thalbourne. "The Rasch Scaling of Mystical Experiences: Construct Validity and Correlates of the Mystical Experience Scale (Mes)." The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 17 2 (2007): 121-40.</ref> allowing, theoretically, for the measurement of [[Connection Intensity]].


According to Lang and Thalbourne, "the intensity of mystical experiences forms a progression that starts with quite general experiences of happiness, followed by enlightenment by a higher power, and ultimately leading to union with the Absolute." <ref>Lange, Rense, and Michael A. Thalbourne. "The Rasch Scaling of Mystical Experiences: Construct Validity and Correlates of the Mystical Experience Scale (Mes)." The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 17 2 (2007): 130.</ref>
According to Lang and Thalbourne, "the intensity of mystical experiences forms a progression that starts with quite general experiences of happiness, followed by enlightenment by a higher power, and ultimately leading to union with the Absolute." <ref>Lange, Rense, and Michael A. Thalbourne. "The Rasch Scaling of Mystical Experiences: Construct Validity and Correlates of the Mystical Experience Scale (Mes)." The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 17 2 (2007): 130.</ref>
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"...the intensity can range from a few moments of rapture to several hours of shattering psychological experience."
"...the intensity can range from a few moments of rapture to several hours of shattering psychological experience."
<ref>Allman, Lorraine S., Olivia de la Rocha, David N. Elkins, and Robert S. Weathers. “Psychotherapists’ Attitudes toward Clients Reporting Mystical Experiences.” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 29, no. 4 (Win 1992): 565.</ref>
<ref>Allman, Lorraine S., Olivia de la Rocha, David N. Elkins, and Robert S. Weathers. “Psychotherapists’ Attitudes toward Clients Reporting Mystical Experiences.” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 29, no. 4 (Win 1992): 565.</ref>
Powerful events "...it expands you, and if your body is not really healthy it can just blow your circuits out over and over and over again."<Ref>Bender, Courtney. The New Metaphysicals: Spirituality and the American Religious Imagination. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. p. 71.</ref>


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Types of experience, from least to most intensive, Insights/intuitive glimmers, Peak Experience, Mystical Glimpse, Mystical Visions, Revelations, transcendent experiences, permanent unions.
Types of experience, from least to most intensive, Insights/intuitive glimmers, Peak Experience, Mystical Glimpse, Mystical Visions, Revelations, transcendent experiences, permanent unions.
<blockquote>Einstein nodded: he was a good listener. After a pause he said, "The cosmic man must be restored, the whole man who is made in the image and likeness of the arch-force, which you may call God. This man thinks with his heart and not with party dogma. As I've explained before, there is an order in the universe – a cosmic order – and humans have the possibility of understanding these laws." Einstein leaned back in his chair; so did I,putting my writing pad on my knees. He added, "I have no doubt that the allies will win the war." I smiled, "Oh, you are my prophet again." Prophet or not," he scratched his head, "what I say is more often felt through intuition than thought through intellect. (Hermanns, 1930).</blockquote>


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Connection Intensity refers to the level of intensity of a given Connection Event, whether occurring "naturally" or induced via a Connection Practice or Connection Supplement

Connection Axis

Connection Axes > Connection Content, Connection Duration, Connection Intensity, Connection Outcome, Connection Quality

Notes

According to Lang and Thalbourne, "the intensity of mystical experiences forms a progression that starts with quite general experiences of happiness, followed by enlightenment by a higher power, and ultimately leading to union with the Absolute." [1]

"...the intensity can range from a few moments of rapture to several hours of shattering psychological experience." [2]

Powerful events "...it expands you, and if your body is not really healthy it can just blow your circuits out over and over and over again."[3]

Disconnected

Weak Déjà vu, Existential Terrors

Moderate

Powerful

Types of experience, from least to most intensive, Insights/intuitive glimmers, Peak Experience, Mystical Glimpse, Mystical Visions, Revelations, transcendent experiences, permanent unions.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lange, Rense, and Michael A. Thalbourne. "The Rasch Scaling of Mystical Experiences: Construct Validity and Correlates of the Mystical Experience Scale (Mes)." The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 17 2 (2007): 130.
  2. ↑ Allman, Lorraine S., Olivia de la Rocha, David N. Elkins, and Robert S. Weathers. “Psychotherapists’ Attitudes toward Clients Reporting Mystical Experiences.” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 29, no. 4 (Win 1992): 565.
  3. ↑ Bender, Courtney. The New Metaphysicals: Spirituality and the American Religious Imagination. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. p. 71.
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