State three ways in which a vision can be experienced.
Corporeal; imaginary and intellectual.
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What can be considered to be the defining characteristic of a religious conversion?
Those who convert demonstrate this by change in way they live their life - can often be siginificant change thats externally apparent/may be internal change thats evdidenced through beliefs & subsequent actions of the converted.
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How did Teresa of Avila describe religious ecstasy?
The suspension of the exterior senses.
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What metaphor does Teresa of Avila employ to desribe the various stages of prayer?
A watered garden.
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What are the four identifying features of mystical experiences, according to William James?
Ineffability; noetic quality; transiency and passivity.
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What, in simple terms, does Otto mean by the phrase 'mysterium tremendum'?
A state of intense awe experienced by the individual or group.
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What are Caroline Franks Davis three categories of challenge?
Description-related, subject related and objecr-related challanges.
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What can be considered to be the defining characteristic of a religious conversion?
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Those who convert demonstrate this by change in way they live their life - can often be siginificant change thats externally apparent/may be internal change thats evdidenced through beliefs & subsequent actions of the converted.
Card 3
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How did Teresa of Avila describe religious ecstasy?
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What metaphor does Teresa of Avila employ to desribe the various stages of prayer?
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Card 5
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What are the four identifying features of mystical experiences, according to William James?
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