Podolyan G. Mystical experience in a context of comprehension of moral as spiritual phenomenon.

The dissertation is devoted to research of value and an opportunity of use of mystical experience as cultural "artefact" for substantiation of moral as spiritual phenomenon in a context of modern changes of ethico-theoretical paradigms. On the basis of the analysis historico-philosophical, ethical, religious and culturalogical bases are defined a role, sphere and limits of possible correlation between morals and mystical experience as cultural "artefact". It is found out, that mystical experience has a significant measure of heuristic potential for an embodiment of its achievements in modern ethical knowledge. The plane of their supplement and correlation is a system of moral requirements and moral improvement which sets also borders of this interaction. Also, paid attention to problems of modern understanding of specificity of morals, features of its rational - theoretical knowledge, an estimation of a place and a role of rationalism in classical ethics, to revealing of leading tendencies of a modernphilosophy-ethical discourse, the analysis of a phenomenon of mystical experience in existing forms of mystical-religious practice, philosophical and scientific interpretations of mysticism. Key words: morals, ethics, moral improvement, mystical experience, mysticism, modern ethico-theoretical paradigms.