. | . | St. Teresa |
St. Francois de Sales | Roman Catholic | Patanjali |
Underhill, Laski |
Jhana # | Stage | Leuba 163-5 | Leuba 167 | Poulain 1912 | Eliade '69:88 | This volume |
-2 |
C R E A T I V E |
MEDITATION (the limit of range of mental activity) |
MEDITATION (on objects which may awaken love) |
MEDITATION (affective prayer; prayer of simple regard) |
MEDITATION (distractions) | MEDITATION |
-1 |
P S Y C H E D E L I C |
ORISON OF QUIET (enjoyable) (mind passive) |
CONTEMPLATION (total attention to loved object) thought immoblized |
PRAYER OF QUIET |
(meditation) (no distraction) |
RESPONSE EXPERIENCE (nature mysticism) (peak experience) |
0 |
ORISON OF UNION (sleep of the powers absorbed in God) |
AMOROUS ABSTRACTION (mental activity reduced to nil) |
UNION (no distraction) |
SAMPAJNATA SAMADHI (with support) (timeless) |
ADAMIC ECSTASY (time ecstasy) | |
1 |
ECSTASY, (rapture, flight of the soul) (no percepts) |
LIQUIFACTION OF SOUL IN GOD |
ECSTASY (percepts disregarded) |
SAVITARKA SAMADHI (argumentative) (total object) |
KNOWLEDGE ESCTASY | |
2 |
(no clear Christian distinction here, although see quote from St. John of Cross in sect. 4.74; siddhis appear including sensation of levitation; mystic not able to come out of ecstasy at will.) |
NIRVITARKA SAMADHI egoless thought |
KNOWLEDGE- CONTACT 1 (object transcended) | |||
3 |
SAVICARA SAMADHI direct knowledge |
KNOWLEDGE- CONTACT 2 (rapture ceases) | ||||
4 |
NIRVICANA SAMADHI feelings cease |
KNOWLEDGE- CONTACT 3 feelings cease time/space transcended | ||||
5-8 |
U N I T I V E |
SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE | . |
TRANSFORMING UNION |
ASAMPAJNATA SAMADHI (without support) |
INEFFABLE CONTACT INEFFABLE UNION, etc. |