My MA Research
The Esoteric Experience: Positive Experential Spirituality or Negative Spiritual Experience?
University of Wales, Lampeter
During my MA I studied the neuropsychology of religious experience and topics related to Western Esotericism, including Ancient Mystery Cults and Jewish Mysticism.
For my dissertation, I undertook a thematic analysis of accounts of spiritual experience from 20th century occultism. I focused on three traditions: Helena Blavatsky's Theosophy, GI Gurdjieff's Fourth Way, and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. I analysed accounts from the literature, contemporary practitioners, and from the archive of the Religious Experience Research Centre.
My MA thesis was supervised by Dr Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke and Dr Sarah Jane Boss.
During my PGDip in Consciousness & Transpersonal Psychology I examined the relationship of Western Esotericism to Transpersonal Psychology. These two studies were subsequently published in the BPS Transpersonal Psychology Review.
For my dissertation, I undertook a thematic analysis of accounts of spiritual experience from 20th century occultism. I focused on three traditions: Helena Blavatsky's Theosophy, GI Gurdjieff's Fourth Way, and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. I analysed accounts from the literature, contemporary practitioners, and from the archive of the Religious Experience Research Centre.
My MA thesis was supervised by Dr Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke and Dr Sarah Jane Boss.
During my PGDip in Consciousness & Transpersonal Psychology I examined the relationship of Western Esotericism to Transpersonal Psychology. These two studies were subsequently published in the BPS Transpersonal Psychology Review.