# R. M. Bucke — The Varieties of Religious Experience character guide

> R. M. Bucke in The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dr. Bucke, Dr. R. M. Bucke, R. M. Bucke

**First appearance:** 0016-lectures-xvi-and-xvii-mysticism

## Who they are

Physician who described his own cosmic consciousness experience.

## Relationships

### [Walt Whitman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_varieties_of_religious_experience_se/characters/walt_whitman)

_friendship_

Bucke, a psychiatrist, was a devoted friend and biographer of Whitman, and James uses Bucke's accounts of Whitman's cosmic consciousness.

### [Walt Whitman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_varieties_of_religious_experience_se/characters/walt_whitman)

_friendship_

Bucke, a psychiatrist, was a devoted friend and biographer of Whitman, and James uses Bucke's accounts of Whitman's cosmic consciousness.

## In the story

### [Lectures XVI and XVII: Mysticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_varieties_of_religious_experience_se/chapters/lectures-xvi-and-xvii-mysticism)

Psychiatrist who coined 'cosmic consciousness' and described his own experience of it.

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