Question

Step 4 in underhill's stages of mystical experiences involves a fuller turn inward, back toward separateness called ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

dark night of the soul

Explanation:

The "dark night of the soul" is a metaphor for a mystical experience that involves paradox because this experience is illuminating and yet obscures consciousness and causes suffering. To make sense of this contradiction, it is necessary to examine the rich symbolism of the night in the minds of the peoples.

In short, step 4 in underhill's stages of mystical experiences involves a fuller turn inward, back toward separateness called the dark night of the soul.

Answer 2

Evelyn Underhill Mysticism has four stages:

Stage 1 involves at least a brief self-transcendent experience  and it is called awakening.
Step 2 is called Purification and involves a move back towards separateness
Step 3 is called  Illumination and involves a much deeper, more prolonged awareness of light or, or greater reality, or God.
Step 4 in Underhill's stages of mystical experiences involves a fuller turn inward, back toward separateness called Dark night of the soul.