The Varieties of Religious Experience
A philospher and psychologist surveys direct religious experiences, including healthy-mindedness, saintliness, conversion and mysticism.
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1902
Latest release
Oct 8, 2026
Pages
554
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
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Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Lecture I: Religion and Neurology
- Lecture II
- Lecture III: The Reality of the Unseen
- The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness
- Case I
- Lectures VI and VII: The Sick Soul
- Lecture VIII: The Divided Self, and the Process of Its Unification
- Lecture IX
- Lecture X: Conversion—Concluded
- Lectures XI, XII and XIII
- Lectures XIV and XV
- Lectures XVI and XVII
- I. Mystical States
- II
- III. Mysticism
- Lecture XVIII
- Lecture XIX
- Lecture XX
- Postscript