Scholarly Citations

2010. In 2010 I published an essay titled “The Philosophy of Mysticism: Perennialism and Constructivism” in the Journal of Consciousness Exploration and Research. This essay has been influential. Here it is: https://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/16

2009. Gwern Branwen. “Distinguishing Sources of Religion by their Experiential Differences.” At: https://gwern.net/religious-experience

2012, 2013. Jennifer Woodhull refers to my work in her “Decoding Mystical Rhetoric: Scholars, Mystics and Silence” (2012), a minor dissertation for an honors degree in religious studies at the University of Cape Town. At: https://www.academia.edu/2551055/Decoding_Mystical_Rhetoric_Scholars_Mystics_and_Silence

2013. Jennifer Woodhull. “Reflections on the Scholarship of Mysticism” (2013). At: https://www.academia.edu/5918704/Reflections_on_the_Scholarship_in_Mysticism

2013. Agnes Ruiz-López. “Hermetic Text and Subtext: Paranormal Phenomena in the Works of Alejandro Tapia y Rivera and Benito Pérez Galdós.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Floria International University. At: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1037/

فلسفه عرفان : ذات گرایی و ساخت گرایی. (“The Philosophy of Mysticism: Perennialism and Constructivism”) Trans. Medhi Sadafi, Isra Hikmat, Vol. 6, no. 3, Summer and Autumn 2015, 152-168. At: https://hikmat.isramags.ir/?_action=article&au=126437&_au=Randolph++T.+Dible&lang=en

2015. Gary Jaron’s “Challenging Steven Katz’s assertion that there are no unmediated experiences.” At: https://www.academia.edu/11237691/Challenging_Steven_Katz_s_assertion_that_there_are_no_unmediated_experiences

2016. Steve Taylor’s “The Return of Perennial Perspectives? Why Transpersonal Psychology Should Remain Open to Essentialism.” At: https://www.stevenmtaylor.com/academic-articles/the-return-of-perennial-perspectives-why-transpersonal-psychology-should-remain-open-to-essentialism/

2016. Rob van Grinsven’s “Beyond Rafts & Ladders: Apophatic Mysticism as Practice. A Philosophical, Historical and Hermeneutical Inquiry into Comparative Mysticism,” a research master’s thesis in Religion and Culture, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. At: https://www.academia.edu/33363590/Beyond_Rafts_and_Ladders_Apophatic_Mysticism_as_Practice_A_Philosophical_Historical_and_Hermeneutical_Inquiry_into_Comparative_Mysticism

2017. Two Approaches to Mysticism: Perennialism and Constructivism,” by David Robertson, at https://perennialfollower.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/two-approaches-to-mysticism-perennialist-vs-constructivist/

2017. Alan Watts—in the Academy: Essays and Lectures. Edited byPeter J. Columbus and Donadrian L. Rice. Albany: State University of New York Press. My mysticism paper is mentioned on page 10. At: https://alanwatts.com/products/alan-watts-in-the-academy-essays-and-lectures-suny-series-in-transpersonal-and-humanistic-psychology

2017. The World on Edge. Edward S. Casey. Mentioned in Acknowledgments. https://brill.com/view/journals/jcph/50/1/article-p108_9.xml?rskey=O8c6GJ&result=10

2018. Enthusiastic Mathematics: Reviving Mystical Emanationism in Modern Mathematics. Bernie Lewin. Mentioned in Acknowledgments. At: https://lof50.com/books

2020. Alexander Dugin: Geopolitics at the Confluence of Theology, Tradition, and Eurasia. John Cody Mosbey. Doctoral dissertation, University of Dublin. At: http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/93559

2020. Aleksander K. Bańka’s “MIĘDZY DOŚWIADCZENIEM A TEORIĄ, CZYLI O NIEKTÓRYCH PROBLEMACH FILOZOFII MISTYKI” (2020), in ROCZNIKI FILOZOFICZNE, Tom LXVIII, numer 1. At: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26909979

2021. Anthony Judge’s “Dynamics of N-fold Integration of Disparate Cognitive Modalities.” At: https://www.laetusinpraesens.org

2021. Irene Breuer’s “CONRAD-MARTIUS: Sein, Wesen, Existenz. In Auseinandersetzung mit der Ontologie und Metaphysik Aristoteles’, Thomas von Aquins und Husserls” in Horizon: Studies in Phenomenology. At: http://horizon.spb.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2161:breuer-10-2&catid=114:eng&Itemid=123&lang=en

2022. Story and Structure: A Complete Guide. Leon Conrad. Mentioned in Acknowledgments. At: https://leonconrad.com

2022. Intersubjective plateaus in Language and Communication. Edited by Małgorzata Haładewicz-Grzelak and Marta Bogusławska-Tafelska. Mentioned on page 10: “…contemporarily, phenomenology is gaining momentum as a seminal platform of research in the human sciences, showing its potential from day to day on various levels, starting from a variety of activities as coordinated by, for example, Olga Louchakova Schwartz and Randolph Dible (e.g. Sophere reading group)…” At: https://www.peterlang.com/document/1152352

2022. Irene Breuer’s “Conrad-Martius: the ´Real-Reality of the World – in Dialogue with Aristotle, Aquinas and Husserl” in Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Vol. 1, no. 2. At: https://brill.com/view/journals/jhwp/1/2/article-p115_001.xml?language=en&ebody=full%20html-copy1

2023. Toward Repurposing Mind in View of the Global Climate Crisis and Threat to Civilization: A Phenomenological Narrative by an Accidental Mystic. James Guy. This is such an incredibly cool book, as were James Guy’s earlier works: Metasphere: An Altered State of World (1980), Metasphere: An Altered State of Heart (2007), and What Always Comes to Mind: A Visualist’s Guide to a Metaspheric Perspective on Reality (2016). This book just arrived in the mail today, so expect more on this book to come!