Olga Louchakova, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Comparative Religion
Sofia University, Palo Alto, CA
Among the descriptions of experience in the Mysticism of the Ladder in Late Antiquity, Theophanes the Monk gives a striking account of the direct perception of spiritual realities. Phenomenological analysis of his account provides us with unique data concerning the stratification and spatial organization of the egological (self-aware)...