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2. Mystical trance and the conception of God; the immediate
apprehension of God--The mystical claim--Wm James and
mystical ecstasy--Wm Hocking and religious mysticism--
The thought of God always implies an elaboration of the
"given," of "immediate" experience--The aspect of religious
mysticism of greatest significance for philosophy.
CHAPTER XIII THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BELIEF IN A PERSONAL SUPER-
HUMAN CAUSE AND THE WELFARE OF HUMANITY 		319
Would the replacement of the belief in divine personal causation
by the belief in impersonal causation, with which science works,
be calamitous?--The utility of the belief in divine personal
causation in the physical and in the psychical world--The
harm done by the belief in personal divine causation--Statistics
of belief in the Christian God.--The origin of spiritual ideals and
energy--The things of value in religious mysticism--Certain
aspects of the mystical method of soul-cure constitute an
approximation to the present-day more or less scientific
methods of psychotherapy.
ANALYTICAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS 333
INDEX OF AUTHORS 335

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Psychology of Religious Mysticism. Contributors: James H. Leuba - author. Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1925. Page Number: viii.
    
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