Özet:

The scale of mystical experience that was advanced by Ralph W. Hood has the characteristic of best sufficient scale that can be understood as an empirical mystical experience. Reliability of Turkish form of this scale that has been developed in a different cultural basin and practicality in our country was fixed up by M. Süheyl Ünal. The aim of this article to show practical example of this scale and contribute to define the level of mystical experience of the officials of religion in Turkey. If we summarize some certain results we can say that average of total points of scale is 78.91. The high points mean that the levels of mystical experience of the officials of religion are high. Besides we can say that mystical experience intensifies in people whose age is between 30-39 years and decreases after 40 years partially. Again, we can say that levels of mystical experience of imams are more intense than other officials of religion. The most important point of results is the appearance of mystical experiences outwardly in pattern group of the officials of religion.

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