Transformative, exceptional human experiences at music festivals : a transpersonal phenomenological exploration

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dc.contributor.authorBannerman, Brittany A.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorTzu, Gary
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-17T19:52:42Z
dc.date.available2016-08-17T19:52:42Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated co-researchers’ accounts of mystical and transcendent exceptional human experiences (EHEs) and integration processes in the context of two music festivals (i.e., Shambhala and Burning Man). Six co-researchers who had attended one or both of the festivals and experienced a life-changing EHE therein were recruited and interviewed. Emergent themes were analyzed using transpersonal, phenomenological, heuristic, and hermeneutic research methods. The identified themes unfolded within three parts: Entering Mystical Kingdoms, Illuminating the Exceptional Human Experience, and The Essential Gifts of the Exceptional Human Experience. These parts explicated meaningful festival characteristics, the triggers and phenomenology of the EHEs themselves, and the EHEs’ transformative effects and integration processes, respectively. Prominent overarching themes emerged that involved acceptance and surrender to the EHE, its transformative effects, and its integration process. The findings provide important implications for mental health and psychotherapy regarding EHE integration, guidelines for potential experiencers, and areas for future research.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4588
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0620en_US
dc.proquest.subject0347en_US
dc.proquest.subject0527en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education
dc.publisher.facultyEducationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)
dc.subjectawakening
dc.subjectexceptional human experiences
dc.subjectmusic festivals
dc.subjectmystical experiences
dc.subjectspiritual resonance
dc.subjecttranscendental experiences
dc.titleTransformative, exceptional human experiences at music festivals : a transpersonal phenomenological explorationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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