Mysticism Scale
How mystical do you think you are? Do you think of yourself
as (circle one then complete the following survey):
very,
somewhat,
not very, or
not at all mystical
Note the following descriptions of experiences carefully
and indicate how much each description applies to your own experience:
+1= This description is probably true
of my own experience or experiences.
-1 = This description is probably not true
of my own experience or experiences.
+2 = This description is definitely true of my
own experience or experiences.
-2 = This description is definitely not true
of my own experience or experiences.
? = cannot decide (please try to avoid marking
any item with ?)
(note: these items may be considered as applying to one experience
or to several different experiences)
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I have had an experience which was both timeless and spaceless.
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I have never had an experience which was incapable of being
expressed in words.
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I have had an experience in which something greater than
myself seemed to absorb me.
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I have had an experience in which everything seemed to disappear
from my mind until I was conscious only of a void.
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I have experienced profound joy.
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I have never had an experience in which I felt myself to
be absorbed as one with all things.
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I have never experienced a perfectly peaceful state.
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I have never had an experience in which I felt as if all
things were alive.
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I have never had an experience which seemed holy to me.
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I have never had an experience in which all things seemed
to be aware.
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I have had an experience in which I had no sense of time
or space.
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I have had an experience in which I realized the oneness
of myself with all things.
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I have had an experience in which a new view of reality was
revealed to me.
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I have never experienced anything to be divine.
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I have never had an experience in which time and space were
non-existent.
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I have never experienced anything that I could call ultimate
reality.
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I have had an experience in which ultimate reality was revealed
to me.
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I have had an experience in which I felt that all was perfection
at that time.
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I have had an experience in which I felt everything in the
world to be part of the same whole.
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I have had an experience which I knew to be sacred.
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I have never had an experience which I was unable to express
adequately through language.
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I have had an experience which left me with a feeling of
awe.
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I have had an experience that is impossible to communicate.
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I have never had an experience in which my own self seemed
to merge into something greater.
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I have never had an experience which left me with a feeling
of wonder.
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I have never had an experience in which deeper aspects of
reality were revealed to me.
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I have never had an experience in which time, place, and
distance were meaningless.
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I have never had an experience in which I became aware of
a unity of all things.
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I have had an experience in which all things seemed to be
conscious.
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I have never had an experience in which all things seemed
to be unified into a single whole.
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I have had an experience in which I felt nothing is ever
really dead.
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I have had an experience that cannot be expressed in words.
If you'd like to know your "mysticism quotient", send (or
bring) a copy of your completed survey to the instructor for scoring. Or
check scoring directions on Religion
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