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)
  1. I have had an experience which was both timeless and spaceless.
  2. I have never had an experience which was incapable of being expressed in words.
  3. I have had an experience in which something greater than myself seemed to absorb me.
  4. I have had an experience in which everything seemed to disappear from my mind until I was conscious only of a void.
  5. I have experienced profound joy.
  6. I have never had an experience in which I felt myself to be absorbed as one with all things.
  7. I have never experienced a perfectly peaceful state.
  8. I have never had an experience in which I felt as if all things were alive.
  9. I have never had an experience which seemed holy to me.
  10. I have never had an experience in which all things seemed to be aware.
  11. I have had an experience in which I had no sense of time or space.
  12. I have had an experience in which I realized the oneness of myself with all things.
  13. I have had an experience in which a new view of reality was revealed to me.
  14. I have never experienced anything to be divine.
  15. I have never had an experience in which time and space were non-existent.
  16. I have never experienced anything that I could call ultimate reality.
  17. I have had an experience in which ultimate reality was revealed to me.
  18. I have had an experience in which I felt that all was perfection at that time.
  19. I have had an experience in which I felt everything in the world to be part of the same whole.
  20. I have had an experience which I knew to be sacred.
  21. I have never had an experience which I was unable to express adequately through language.
  22. I have had an experience which left me with a feeling of awe.
  23. I have had an experience that is impossible to communicate.
  24. I have never had an experience in which my own self seemed to merge into something greater.
  25. I have never had an experience which left me with a feeling of wonder.
  26. I have never had an experience in which deeper aspects of reality were revealed to me.
  27. I have never had an experience in which time, place, and distance were meaningless.
  28. I have never had an experience in which I became aware of a unity of all things.
  29. I have had an experience in which all things seemed to be conscious.
  30. I have never had an experience in which all things seemed to be unified into a single whole.
  31. I have had an experience in which I felt nothing is ever really dead.
  32. 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 100 lecture notes

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