The Role of Spiritually Transformative Experiences in Religious History and the Development of a Scale to Measure Them

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Abstract: Spiritual experiences are a potent means by which a person's attitudes and behaviors may changed, usually (but not always) in benevolent ways. This article presents examples from various times and places, many from the annals organized religion. Research into spiritually transformative experiences is reviewed as is a means to measure spiritual content in written or verbal reports: the Casto Spiritually Scoring System. This instrument includes subscales regarding spiritual settings, spiritual objects, spiritual characters, spiritual emotions, spiritual activities, and spiritual experiences. The reliability of the system has been examined and found to be quite high. In addition, the system has … continued below

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Krippner, Stanley Winter 2012.

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Abstract: Spiritual experiences are a potent means by which a person's attitudes and behaviors may changed, usually (but not always) in benevolent ways. This article presents examples from various times and places, many from the annals organized religion. Research into spiritually transformative experiences is reviewed as is a means to measure spiritual content in written or verbal reports: the Casto Spiritually Scoring System. This instrument includes subscales regarding spiritual settings, spiritual objects, spiritual characters, spiritual emotions, spiritual activities, and spiritual experiences. The reliability of the system has been examined and found to be quite high. In addition, the system has been useful clinically when spirituality becomes an issue in counseling or psychotherapy.

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  • Journal of Near-Death Studies, 31(2), International Association for Near-Death Studies, Winter 2012, pp. 79-97

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  • Volume: 31
  • Issue: 2
  • Page Start: 79
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  • Pages: 19

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The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published on a quarterly basis by the International Association for Near-Death Studies. The Journal began publication in 1982 under the name Anabiosis which was changed to its current title in 1986 with the start of Volume 6.

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Krippner, Stanley. The Role of Spiritually Transformative Experiences in Religious History and the Development of a Scale to Measure Them, article, Winter 2012; Durham, North Carolina. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc938010/: accessed June 16, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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