
	Psychology and Psychotechnics Reference: Zhirtueva N.S. Psychological and Social Vectors of Mystic Studies (Practice of Transformation of Human Being and Society) // Psychology and Psychotechnics. 2015. № 4. P. 402-412. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=66456 Zhirtueva N.S. Psychological and Social Vectors of Mystic Studies (Practice of Transformation of Human Being and Society) Abstract: The object of the research in this article is a psychological and social experience of mystic studies. An interest in the phenomenon is increasing in terms of the modern spiritual crisis in the face of the threat of national, religious, political and other conflicts when the whole world safety is very vulnerable. Mystics may allow to find the universal source of all religions which is very important in the situation of the global rivalry of a great number of seekers for the truth. The research of the psychological (introvertive) and social (extravertive) experience of mystic studies makes it possible to find practical methods of transformation of human being and society. Methodology of the research is based on the comparative philosophical and religious analysis. The main research method is the comparative analysis. General scientific methods used by the researcher also include analysis, synthesis, generalization, and individualization. The author comes to the conclusion that mystic studies combined the world religious experience and devepoled a complex transformation system of the mental life of a person where all the levels of individual consciousness interact. Education of mentally healthy and self-actualized personality is the consequence of it. Mystic studies developed practical ways for the improvement of the social life on the basis of love, compassion and mutual respect. Mystic experience involves tolerant attitude to the representatives of another culture, religious confession or nationality. It sets the borders of the tolerance which is provoked by the need of an egocentric consciousness limitation. Keywords: transcendental immanent mystics, mystics, transformation, Absolute, egocentric consciousness, enlightened consciousness, self-actualization, immanent mystics, tolerance, methods of psychopractice This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Polikarpov V.S. Nauka i mistitsizm v XX veke. / Vitaliy Semenovich Polikarpov. – M: «Mysl'», 1990. – 219,[2] s. 2. Dzhems V. Mnogoobrazie religioznogo opyta. / V.Dzhems.-SPb.: «Andreev i synov'ya», 1993. – vykh. d. orig.: M. : Tov-vo tip. A.I.Mamontova, 1910. – 418 s. 3. Ellwood R. S. Mysticism and Religion.-Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980. – 194 rp. 4. Kimelev Yu.A. 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