编辑“宗教經驗”（章节）

== 原因 ==
傳統提供了多種宗教實踐來誘導宗教經驗

* 擴展練習，通常在一個大的社區圈子中進行，用於各種部落和新異教宗教。
* [[祈禱]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Exploring the biology of religious experience|url=http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/042001/042001a.htm|website=NRC online|access-date=2023-02-07|archive-date=2011-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927013601/http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/042001/042001a.htm|dead-url=no}}</ref>
* 音樂{{sfn|Miller|Strongman|2002}}
* 舞蹈，如[[蘇菲旋轉]]（Sufi whirling）<ref>{{cite web|title=ufis seek ultimate religious experience through mystic trances or altered states of consciousness, often induced through twirling dances|url=http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Sufism/id/87217|website=Sufism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary|access-date=2023-02-07|archive-date=2007-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509202201/http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Sufism/id/87217|dead-url=no}}</ref>
* [[冥想]]：冥想練習用於平靜心靈，並達到某些意識狀態，如無條件出神（或稱無分別三摩地，nirvikalpa samādhi）。 冥想可以專注於呼吸、概念、曼陀羅圖（Yantra）和[[曼怛羅]]。
* 對（自我的）[[心智表徵|表徵]]/[[基模 (心理學)|認知基模]]提問或調查，如[[參究真我 (拉瑪那·馬哈希)|參究真我]]、[[話頭禪]]和[[Douglas Harding|道格拉斯·哈丁]]的《無頭之路》（On Having No Head）。

宗教經歷也可能由使用[[宗教致幻劑]]引起，例如：

* [[死藤水]] ([[N,N-二甲基色胺|DMT]]){{sfn|Watts|1968}}
* [[墨西哥鼠尾草|預言者鼠尾草]] ([[Salvinorin A)|salvinorin A)]]
* [[烏羽玉]]（[[麦司卡林|仙人掌毒鹼]]）{{sfn|Watts|1968}}
* [[迷幻蘑菇]] ([[赛洛西宾|裸蓋菇素]]){{sfn|Griffiths|Richards|McCann|Jesse|2006}}
* [[毒蠅傘]] ([[蠅蕈素]])<ref>{{cite web|title=The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach|url=http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy/psychology_of-spilka.html|access-date=July 11, 2006|website=Council on Spiritual Practices|archive-date=2011-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003152246/http://csp.org/chrestomathy/psychology_of-spilka.html|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
* [[大麻]]
* [[麥角酸二乙酰胺|LSD]]
* [[MDMA|搖頭丸]]{{sfn|Adamson|Metzner|1988}}
* [[蘇摩]]
* [[氯胺酮|K他命]]

宗教經歷可能具有[[神經生理學]]基礎，屬於{{tsl|en|Neuroscience of religion|宗教神經科學}}和{{tsl|en|Cognitive science of religion|宗教認知科學}}的研究領域，包括[[瀕死經驗]]。{{sfn|Moody|1975}}原因可能有

* {{le|顳葉癲癇症|Temporal lobe epilepsy}}，{{sfn|Tucker|2003}}如[[賈許溫德症候群]]所述。
* [[中風]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Jill Bolte|title=My Stroke of Insight|url=http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html|access-date=July 2, 2008|website=TED|archive-date=2011-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123003938/http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
* [[重性抑鬱疾患|嚴重抑鬱症]] {{sfn|Katie|2003|p=xi}}或[[思覺失調症]]