Why Spiritual Experiences
Offer a New Perspective on Life ’ s Greatest Challenges BY REV . KAREN E . HERRICK , PHD
Transpersonal Psychology includes all the other psychologies and is the best method for understanding Spiritual Experiences ( SE ), as it explores multiple states of consciousness including waking , dreaming and various contemplative states . It also encompasses experiences both within and outside religious traditions .
Some have described a Spiritual Experience as a spiritual force that seems to lift you out of yourself . My favorite definition is “ A