Review of Sarah Perez, Bastian van Rijn and Jens Schlieter (eds), Intentional Transformative Experiences: Theorizing Self-Cultivation in Religion and Esotericism By Carole Cusack

Review of Sarah Perez, Bastian van Rijn and Jens Schlieter (eds), Intentional Transformative Experiences: Theorizing Self-Cultivation in Religion and Esotericism By Carole Cusack https://www.academia.edu/165167628/Review_of_Sarah_Perez_Bastian_van_Rijn_and_Jens_Schlieter_eds_Intentional_Transformative_Experiences_Theorizing_Self_Cultivation_in_Religion_and_Esotericism?email_work_card=title The “Introduction” to this edited volume emphasizes the dimension of religious experience, the process of transformation, and the element of self-cultivation that drives members of religions and esoteric groups. A brief but informative literature review is provided, the multiples contexts of experiences are sketched, for example the cognitive science context, the social context, the conceptual context, and the personal individual context. ...