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SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES IN ÁDVENTURE THERAPY than on weekdays. At the environmental level, connection with nature, awe at a breathtaking view, oneness with nature, harmony with the environment, and a sense of magicin the environment were all characteristics of both tours, and at the transcendent level, worship of the Creator, prayer and presence of God were also observed during the tours more than on weekdays. When comparing hill and cave tours, growth in the communal level of spiritual health was higher during hill tours, whereas deeper relation with the Divine/ God was present during the cave tours. During hill tours, participants could continuously see one another, had more opportunities to talk with one another, and in one exercise climbed together with all of the participants linked by a rope. Ihese factors may have enhanced the social aspects of the experience and enabled the participants to feel love, trust, respect, kindness, and forgiveness towards others. On the other hand, cave tours offered a chance to experience a transcendent state (with relaxation in complete darkness and silence) which could help foster a sense of ones relationship with the Divine/God. Our gualitative data showed that adventure tours offer an opportunity both to contact the inner Self and to contact the "Other" (others, Nature, transcendent power), as Schroeder concludes.*? We could see examples of how transformation of the inner self and identification with nature can happen simultaneously. Identification with nature or part of nature as presented in the drawings was similar to that in the mystical poems.*° In conclusion, we can state that the drawings reflect archetypical, mystical feelings of awe and transcendence and insightful, deep experiences. In summary, both our quantitative and qualitative results showed that both hill and cave tours can prompt spiritual experiences and enhance spiritual health. BIBLIOGRAPHY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI, Mihaly, Flow: the psychology of optimal experience. New York, Harper & Row, 1990. Eis, Edwin J. — YEATS, William B., The Works of William Blake, Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical, Three vols., London, Bernard Quaritch, 1893. FISHER, John W., FRANCIS, Leslie J. and JOHNSON, Peter, Assessing spiritual health via four domains of spiritual wellbeing: The SH4DI, Pastoral psychology 49 (2) (2000), 133-145. 9 Herbert W. Schroeder, The spiritual aspect of nature: A perspective from depth psychology. In: Proceedings of the 1991 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium 1992, 25-30. °° Spurgeon, Mysticism, 9-14. + 167 + Daréczi-Sepsi-Vassänyi_Initiation_155x240.indb 167 6 2020.06.15. 11:04:19
