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6. When was the RERC founded?
7. What does it mean for a mystical experience to be transient?
- Temporary, cannot be sustained, effects may last and subsequent experiences can develop and deepen effects.
- Not just feelings, gives deep and direct knowledge of God.
- Beyond proper description, no description from words.
- Not initiated by the mystic, they have a sense of something acting upon them.
8. What's a Corporate experience?
- Thinking of God.
- Alone with God.
- A number of people having a religious experience at the same time an in the same place.
- Direct oneness with God.
9. What's it mean for a mystical experience to be Noetic?
- Not just feelings, gives deep and direct knowledge of God.
- Temporary, cannot be sustained, effects may last and subsequent experiences can develop and deepen effects.
- Beyond proper description, no description from words.
- Not initiated by the mystic, they have a sense of something acting upon them.
10. What are James' four criteria for mystical experiences?
- Transience,Immutability,Passiveness,Noetic.
- Noetic,Transient,Passive, The Prime Mover.
- Ineffable, Noetic,Passive,Transient.
- Ineffable,Immutability,immanence, Good Cognitive Reasoning.
11. What is a Mystical Experience?
- Direct contact or oneness with God.
- Awe and wonder.
- Someone else seeing God and telling you about it.
12. How many Britons did the RERC found had felt 'close to a powerful spiritual force?
13. What's the RERC?
- Religious Enthusiasm Research centre.
- Religious Ecology Research Centre.
- Religious Experience Research Centre.
- Religious Encounter Research Centre.
14. Why's a mystical experience Passive?
- Temporary, cannot be sustained, effects may last and subsequent experiences can develop and deepen effects.
- Not initiated by the mystic, they have a sense of something acting upon them.
- Beyond proper description, no description from words.
- Not just feelings, gives deep and direct knowledge of God.
15. What does religious conversion mean?
- To believe in the rules of the Church.
- The movement from a divided/ imperfect self, to a more unified consciousness.
- To do what other religious believers want you to.
16. What three main areas does William James investigate?
- Adolescent development, cognitive flexibility, McCarthyism.
- Conversion, prayer, the phenomenon of saintliness.
- Societal pressure, individualisation ,Governmental standards.
17. What's a Numinous Experience?
- Same as a corporate experience.
- Horror at seeing a deity.
- Awe and wonder in the presence of God.
- Direct oneness with God
18. William James' 'Varieties of Religious Experience were a summary of lectures conducted in what year?
