AGE-DIFFERENCES IN MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE

Age differences are examined in reports of deja vu, ESP, clairvoyance, spiritualism, and numinous experience. According to the 1988 General Social Survey (N = 1481), these mystical experiences are somewhat more common now than in 1973, and deja vu, clairvoyance, and a composite m ysticism score have increased with successively younger age cohorts. F urther, private and subjective religiosity are positively related to o verall mystical experience, while organizational religiosity is invers ely related.