Psychological Meaning of sPiritual exPeriences of naqshbandiyah Khalidiyah in KebuMen, Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims at identifying the psychology of the spiritual experiences of participants in Naqshabandiyah Khalidiyah tarekat. Data was obtained after the participants had taken part in the baiat tarekat and had carried out the spiritual teachings of the tarekat, using a phenomenological research method. The results of this study found themes of spiritual experience in the activities of baiat, tawajuhan, suluk, as well as in the period after after baiat and in interactions with tarekat friends. However, not everyone finds spiritual experience in the tarekat or in every activity of it, because spiritual experience is not one of the main goals of a person following the Naqsabandiyah Khalidiyah tarekat. Moreover, not everyone finds spiritual experience in tarekat generally, again because spiritual experience is not one of the main goals of tarekat.