| Titel: | Paranormal and mystical experience: The role of panic attacks and Kundalini |
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| Autor: | Thalbourne, Michael A. Fox, Bronwy |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research |
| Jahr: | 1999 |
| Band: | 93 |
| Heft: | 1 |
| Seiten: | 99 - 115 |
| Sprache: | English; englisch |
| Abstract: | Examined the association between self-reported symptoms of kundalini and panic attacks. Kundalini is described in terms of life energy, vital force, or life force, with an energy said to be related to the experience of paranormal phenomena and mystical experience. In Indian culture within the yoga and tantric practices, this energy is known as kundalini. The authors examined whether panic attacks might actually be a difficult kundalini experience, and whether panic attacks and kundalini were associated with paranormal and mystical experience. The 18-73 yr old Ss included 62 people who experienced panic attacks and 53 control Ss, who completed a 32-item self-report questionnaire scale constructed to measure the extent to which a person had or was currently experiencing symptoms said to be associated with kundalini. Results show that panic attacks were highly associated with elevated scores on this Kundalini Scale. A large number of other psychological variables were correlated with the Kundalini Scale. As predicted, both panic attacks and kundalini were associated with reports of paranormal and mystical phenomena. The activation of kundalini energy also appears to be a correlate of the variable known as transliminality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved); (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) |