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3A: Types of Religious Experience Flashcards

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What is direct experience?

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encountering god directly

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Is a direct experience chosen by the person?

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No

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What is an example of a direct experience?

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Paul on the road to Damascus. god reveals himself to paul in the form of Jesus

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How are visions described?

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through ordinary perceptions such as “I saw” or “I heard”

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Do visions happen when awake or in a dream?

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both

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What are the 3 types of visions?

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corporeal, intellectual, imaginative

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What is a corporeal vision?

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seeing a religious figure physically

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What is an example of a corporeal vision?

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St Bernadette of Lourdes seeing the virgin Mary physically

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What is an intellectual vision?

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an experience, not just an observation

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What is an example of an intellectual vision?

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Teresa of Avila - had a vision of Jesus, knew he was there but couldn’t see him. “I was conscious of him, for neither with the eyes of the body or of the soul did I see anything”

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What is an imaginative vision?

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a vision that occurs in a dream. a message from God is received

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What is an example of an imaginative vision?

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Matthew 1 - Joseph’s dream. told not to be afraid of marrying Mary despite her pregnancy

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What is a voice experience?

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communication of knowledge. more than audible voice

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What do some Christians refer to a voice experience as?

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the “still small voice” of the holy spirit

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What are the 3 features of a voice experience?

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  1. disembodied voice - shows presence of god
  2. the voice communicates a revelation from god
  3. the voice is authoritative and passes on god’s message
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Examples of group vision experience

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Angel of Mons

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Example of individual vision experience

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Bernadette of Lourdes

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What was Augustine’s vision experience?

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heard a child singing “take it and read”. believed it to be a divine command to open by book of scripture

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What was Ezekiel’s vision experience?

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resembles Jerusalem temple. beyond human experience. (ineffable). his response was to fall face down. told to take god’s message into his life and preach it to others

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What was Bernadette of Lourdes’ vision experience?

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Virgin Mary. claimed she had imparted healing powers to waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes. declared authentic by RCC. became a shrine for pilgrims and visited by millions every year

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What is a conversion experience?

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when someone’s life and worldview is transformed by an experience believed to be from god

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How are conversion experiences triggered?

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by visions or thoughts of prayer in a time of need

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Example of a communal conversion

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Billy Graham’s Crusades

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What are the 2 types of mental occurance that lead to a difference in conversion process?

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  1. conscious and voluntary
  2. unconscious and involuntary
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What is a conscious and voluntary conversion?

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when people are seeking change in their lives and gradually come to a new way of seeing the world

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What is an unconscious and involuntary conversion?

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usually provoked by a vision, voice, prayer or mystical experience. the person feels they have no choice but to accept a new reality

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Gradual conversion

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over a length of time, possibly years

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Sudden conversion

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takes place suddenly, a clear decision is made and a particular date can be given for the event

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What is a mystical experience?

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when the subject is transformed and reports a loss of individuality. the oneness of all reality. union with the deity. unity of the subject with the object.

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What are the common features of a mystical experience?

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  • a sense of union with the divine
  • a sense of dependence on god
  • a sense of separateness from god (paradoxical)
  • time is transcended
  • a sense of joy
  • noetic, something is revealed to the person
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How are mystical experiences often invoked?

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through methods such as meditation, pilgrimage, fasting, hypnotic movement and sensory restriction

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What are William James’ 4 characteristics of a mystical experience?

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  1. ineffability
  2. noetic
  3. transciency
  4. passivity
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What does ineffable mean?

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the experience is so profound that mundane language cannot explain it . without experiencing it, one cannot fully understand it

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What does noetic mean?

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gaining of a special kind of knowledge/insight

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What does transciency mean?

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an experience that is intense and has lasting consequences, yet the experience is relatively short lived

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What does passivity mean?

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the events have a transformative effect on the individual and their life is often changed afterwards.

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What is a prayer experience?

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communication with God

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What did Teresa of Avila believe the purpose of life was?

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the union of god through prayer

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What book did Teresa of Avila write about the 7 types of prayer in?

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The Interior Castle

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How did Teresa of Avila describe the stages of prayer?

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the analogy of the garden

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Stage one of the four waters and garden analogy

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  • mental prayer.
  • “drawing water from a well” .
  • withdrawing mind from the outside world.
  • slow and painful stage
  • least effective.
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Stage two of the four waters and garden analogy

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  • prayer of quiet
  • “drawing water by means of a windlass”
  • less labour required
  • start to get won over by the divine
  • fewer distractions.
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Stage three of the four waters and garden analogy

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  • imperfect union
  • “garden beginning to flower”
  • leaving our soul open to understanding
  • enraptured and in a state of joy
  • almost a complete union but one is conscious of this rapture
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Stage four of the four waters and garden analogy

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  • perfect union
  • “rain”
  • making no effort/strain
  • completely enraptured
  • a result of a perfect but temporary union with god
  • a special grace
  • time, memory, and imagination melt away
  • as if being lifted into heaven
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What do the seven mansions in the interior castle represent?

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a step towards unity with god

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Mansion one

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  • souls are surrounded by sin, only just starting to seek God’s grace through humility
  • souls are distracted by earthly endeavours
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Mansion two

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  • the practice of prayer
  • souls seek to advance through the castle by daily thoughts of god
  • humble recognition of god’s work in the soul
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Mansion three

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  • exemplary life
  • the souls have a love for God so great that they have an aversion to both mortal and venial sin
  • desire to do works of charity for ultimate glory of God
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Mansion four

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  • prayer of quiet
  • Jesus comes to the person in their imagination
  • a relationship of personal love grows to great depths of intimacy
  • person becomes peaceful
  • nothing else is important
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Mansion five

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  • soul prepares to receive gifts from god
  • becomes aware of unity
  • a period of darkness
  • the soul is beyond doubt that it is with an in the lord
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Mansion six

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  • spiritual betrothal
  • receives special teachings that fit inner needs
  • results in deep self awareness rooted in humility and an overwhelming sense of joy
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Mansion seven

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  • spiritual marriage
  • when the person is ready the lord removes scales from their eyes
  • they see and understand how beautiful they have been made by the lord
  • united in marital love
  • deep within self
  • become one and no longer fall into ecstasy

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