Mysticism Experience (Anthony, Hermans, Sterkens, 2010)
In this part, you are invited to indicate whether you have had the following types of experiences. Your answer can be one of four: certainly no (1), probably no (2), probably yes (3), or certainly yes (4).
Extrovertive mysticism
3. (8) Did you ever have an experience in which everything seemed to be alive?
6. (24) Did you ever have an experience in which your own self seemed to merge into something greater?
9. (19) Did you ever have an experience in which you felt that everything in the world was part of the same whole?
12. (12) Did you ever have an experience in which you realized the oneness of yourself with all things?
2. (11) Did you ever have an experience in which you lost the sense of time and space?
5. (4) Did you ever have an experience in which everything seemed to disappear from your mind until you were conscious only of a void (emptiness)?
8. (32) Did you ever have an experience that cannot be expressed in words?
11. (3) Did you ever have an experience in which something greater than yourself seemed to absorb you?
1. (25) Did you ever have an experience that left you with a feeling of wonder?
4. (20) Did you ever have an experience that you knew to be sacred?
7. (13) Did you ever have an experience in which a new view of reality was revealed to you?
10. (5) Did you ever experience a sense of profound joy?