In the book Understanding the Philosophy of Religion the author states that “[the experience] points to the unification of the self, the sense that there is a higher power of control and the loss of concerns as a result of this” (Thompson, 11). James does not argue that this involves a supernatural reason, only that the experience itself causes these feelings. He states that it is a shift from feelings of “tension, self-responsibility and worry” to feelings of “equanimity, receptivity and peace” (Thompson,