OPAN-OTOL-MSOIA-BGMisms: MYSTICISM RSRCH

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

MYSTICISM RSRCH

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States of Samadhi (Trance-like Mystical Absorption)

He distinguished between different depths of mystical absorption:

Savikalpa Samadhi — experiencing the Divine in forms (Kali, Krishna, Rama).
Nirvikalpa Samadhi — experiencing the formless, attributeless Brahman.
Bhava Samadhi — emotional rapture leading to union with God.

Got it ✅ — here’s a list of 50 mystical experiences, grouped by tradition, each with a concrete example so you can see how they’ve appeared in real lives.

Christian Mysticism (Catholic & Protestant)

Mystical marriage with Christ — Teresa of Ávila (Interior Castle).
Dark night of the soul — John of the Cross.
Revelations of divine love — Julian of Norwich.
Vision of Christ crucified — St. Francis of Assisi.
Stigmata (wounds of Christ) — Padre Pio.
Eucharistic union — Catherine of Siena.
Ecstasy in prayer — Teresa of Ávila levitating.
Prophetic visions — Hildegard of Bingen’s cosmic visions.
Revelatory dreams — Martin Luther’s visions of Satan.
Heavenly ascents — Dante’s Divine Comedy inspired by mystical visions.

Jewish Mysticism (Kabbalah & Beyond)

Merkabah vision (chariot throne of God) — Prophet Ezekiel.
Ascent through the Sephirot — Isaac Luria.
Vision of the Ein Sof (infinite Godhead) — Lurianic Kabbalah.
Shekhinah encounter (divine feminine presence) — Zohar mystics.
Ecstatic Hasidic prayer — Baal Shem Tov.
Encounter with Elijah the prophet — reported in Talmud.
Mystical dream revelation — Rabbi Akiva.
Light of creation (Or Ein Sof) — Kabbalistic meditation.
Breaking of the vessels (Shevirah) — Lurianic vision.
Prophetic inspiration through Torah study — Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.

Hindu Mysticism

Advaita non-duality realization — Adi Shankara.
Bhakti ecstasy (divine love for Krishna) — Mirabai.
Vision of Krishna’s cosmic form — Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita.
Kundalini awakening — Gopi Krishna’s autobiography.
Union with Shiva in meditation — Abhinavagupta.
Darshan (direct seeing of the divine) — Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Samadhi (deep absorption) — Ramana Maharshi.
Mystical chanting and mantra visions — Swami Vivekananda.
Mystical fire rituals (Agni worship) — Vedic rishis.
Ecstatic dancing devotion (kirtan) — Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Buddhist Mysticism

Buddha’s enlightenment under the Bodhi tree — Siddhartha Gautama.
Satori (sudden awakening) — Hakuin Ekaku.
Vipassanā insight into impermanence — Mahasi Sayadaw.
Dzogchen “rigpa” awareness — Longchenpa.
Pure Land visionary rebirth — Honen (Japan).
Tibetan visualization of deities — Milarepa.
Shingon fire ritual ecstasy — Kukai.
Zen “ordinary mind is the Way” realization — Mazu Daoyi.
Ch’an meditation breakthrough — Bodhidharma.
Mystical compassion for all beings (bodhicitta) — Shantideva.

Indigenous & Shamanic Mysticism

Vision quest guidance — Black Elk (Lakota holy man).
Spirit animal encounter — Native American shamans.
Ayahuasca visions — Amazonian shamans (Shipibo).
Drumming trance journeys — Sami noaidi shamans.
Ancestor encounters — Yoruba traditions.
Sky journeys to celestial beings — Mongolian shamans.
Underworld journeys for healing — Siberian shamans.
Songlines as mystical maps — Aboriginal Australians.
Lightning and thunder as divine communication — Hopi traditions.
Communion with animals as kin — Inuit shamans.

✨ These 50 examples (all non-Islamic) cover Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Indigenous traditions, giving a wide range of mystical experiences and their historical or cultural examples.

Would you like me to expand this into a side-by-side comparison chart (like the 100-list I gave before) so each entry has: Experience + Tradition + Example?

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