Both partners practicing orgasmic meditation report having a mystical-type experience: results using the Mystical Experience Questionnaire

Background: Practitioners in a variety of spiritual/religious traditions have described “mystical experiences”, defined by common set qualities. The “Mystical Experience Questionnaire” (MEQ30) provides validated and quantitative measure mystical experience, has been used successfully to demonstrate that the hallucinogenic substance psilocybin triggers mystical-type experience. Orgasmic Meditation (OM) is structured, partnered meditative practice involving manual stimulation clitoris. Although partners an OM different roles (one stroking, other being stroked), both claim benefit from practice. aim current study use MEQ30 assess what extent participants report experiences during OM, experience correlated between partners. Methods: In Study 1, 780 completed with single powerful mind. 2, 56 pairs (both partners) after their next OM. If respondent had score ≥60% maximum possible on each four subscales MEQ30, this was considered “complete” Results: Respondents 1 reported MEQ total 3.35 (SD = 1.08), 62% respondents reporting complete 2 3.21 0.92), 23% We found strong relationships role (i.e., stroker or strokee), interrater agreement within-group index (aWG) 0.46, even stronger relationship score, aWG=0.71. Conclusions: These findings suggest can trigger substantial Whether brains people who show similar activity changes those having awaits future study.