與大自然通靈：27個RERC經驗案例的分析與討論

Spiritual Connections with Nature: An Analysis and Discussion of Twenty-Seven Cases from theReligious Experience Research Center (RERC)

從位於英國威爾斯大學的「宗教經驗研究中心」（RERC）所出版的經驗案例選集Seeing the Invisible一書143個經驗報告中，找到27個與大自然通靈的事件，本文稱之為「自然靈性經驗」，文中針對經驗發生的背景、內容、以及造成的影響，進行整理、分析、和討論，並將實際案例所呈現「自然靈性經驗」的三項特質：自然、靈性、以及這兩者彼此靈通的關係，類比於自然宗教、自然密契、靈性主體、以及自然經驗，這四個主題的核心內涵，以對話方式釐清其各自的精神與彼此的異同，論證「自然靈性經驗」的現象作為宗教／靈性經驗範疇的其中一種類型，具備了超越、奧秘的通靈特質。

This article examines 27 cases, those related to incidents of spiritual connections with nature, selected from 143 experiential reports published in Seeing the Invisible, a collection published by the Religious Experience Research Center (RERC), located at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. In the article, I refer to these cases as“spiritual experiences with nature” and classify, analyze, and discuss their background and content, as well as the subsequent impact they brought about. I consider three characteristics of “spiritual experiences with nature” that emerge in these real cases–nature, spirituality, and the relationship of these two aspects to 通靈–and draw analogies to nature religion, nature mysticism, spirituality, and nature experiences. By drawing the core components of these four issues into the dialogue, I attempt to clarify their respective essential qualities and the differences between them, while also demonstrating that the phenomenon of “spiritual experiences with nature” are a type of religious/spiritual experience that possess the transcendent and mysterious aspects of 通靈.