On St Teresa of Avila’s mysticism: epilepsy and/or ecstasy?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

On St Teresa of Avila’s mysticism: epilepsy and/or ecstasy?

Published:2022-05-16 Issue:8 Volume:145 Page:2621-2623
ISSN:0006-8950
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Author:

Huberfeld Gilles¹²^ORCID,Pallud Johan³⁴⁵,Drouin Emmanuel⁶,Hautecoeur Patrick⁶

Affiliation:

1. Neurology Department, Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild , Paris , France

2. Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM U1050, Université PSL Paris , France

3. Department of Neurosurgery, GHU Paris - Sainte-Anne Hospital , Paris , France

4. Université Paris Cité , Paris , France

5. Inserm, U1266, IMA-Brain, Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris , Paris , France

6. Service de Neurologie, Groupe Hospitalier de l’Institut Catholique de Lille , Lomme , France

Abstract

Saint Teresa of Avila experienced a rich palette of feelings and symptoms precisely documented in her writings. Huberfeld et al. review them, focusing on her ecstasies, in the light of present neurological and psychiatric knowledge, and attempt to differentiate epileptic versus psychological versus mystic manifestations.

Funder

European Research Council

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Neurology (clinical)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/brain/awac183/44856601/awac183.pdf

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