Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences

Table Of Contents

Religions, Values and Peak-ExperiencesI. Introduction
II. Dichotomized Science and Dichotomized Religion
III. The “Core-Religious,” or “Transcendent,” Experience
IV. Organizational Dangers to Transcendent Experiences
V. Hope, Skepticism, and Man’s Higher Nature
VI. Science and the Religious Liberals and Non-Theists
VII. Value-Free Education?
VIII. Conclusions

APPENDICES:
A. Religious Aspects of Peak-Experiences
B. The Third Psychology
C. Ethnocentric Phrasings of Peak-Experiences
D. What Is the Validity of Knowledge Gained in Peak-Experiences?
E. Preface to “New Knowledge in Human Values”
F. Rhapsodic, Isomorphic Communications
G. B-Values as Descriptions of Perception in Peak-Experiences
H. Naturalistic Reasons for Preferring Growth-Values over Regression-Values under Good Conditions
I. An Example of B-Analysis
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