An exploration of transcendence in Abraham H. Maslow's psychology of religion

Abraham H. Maslow's theory of psychological development holds that human development culminates in a transcendent experience. Maslow's theory does not allow for an existence of a divine entity or God, inciting a discussion of the nature of transcendence to which Maslow refers. Despite Maslow's claim that the peak-experience is compatible with theistic notions of transcendence traditionally associated with mystical experience, it becomes apparent that Maslow's transcendence is intra-psychic and legitimate only within the confines of his psychological theory.