Spiritual Awakenings International®

The phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experiences,” (STEs), was first coined by Dr. Yvonne Kason MD in 1994 in her groundbreaking book, A Farther Shore, and expanded upon in her more recent books, Farther Shores (2000), and Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences  (2019). 

“Spiritually Transformative Experiences” is an umbrella term for a broad range of spiritual and paranormal experiences of consciousness, that all tend to cause a spiritual awakening and gradual expansion of one’s range of consciousness. All types of STEs tend to transform experiencers’ values in a more spiritual direction and propel an increased desire to be loving, ethical, and of service to others.

Dr. Kason defines Spiritually Transformative Experiences into 6 major sub-types:

• Mystical experiences;
• Near-Death Experiences (NDEs);
• Other Death-related STEs such as: Deathbed experiences/End-of-life experiences; Death-Watch/Shared-Death experiences; and After-Death Communications;
• Psychic/intuitive and out-of-body experiences of many types;
• Kundalini / Spiritual Energy Awakenings;
• Inspired creativity