The Swami and the Rorschach: Spiritual Practice, Religious Experience, and Perception

Authors

Diane Jonte-Pace, Santa Clara UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1998

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

I propose that the Rorschach test might serve well as such a method for investigating religion, spirituality, psychological structure, and cognition. In addition, it might bring some clarity to the debate between the decontextualists and the constructivists. In this essay I discuss three unique Rorschach studies that, in my view, represent an important step toward such a psychology of religious experience and examine their implications for Forman's decontextualist thesis.

Chapter of

The Innate Capacity: Mysticism, Psychology, and Philosophy

Editor

Robert K. C. Forman

Comments

The Swami and the Rorschach by Diane Jonte-Paace, 1998, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-innate-capacity-9780195116977?q=Innate%20Capacity&lang=en&cc=us#

Recommended Citation

Jonte-Pace, Diane. "The Swami and the Rorschach: Spiritual Practice, Religious Experience, and Perception." The Innate Capacity: Mysticism, Psychology, and Philosophy. Ed. Robert K. C. Forman. New York: Oxford UP, 1998. 137-60.