mystical experience
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmysticalandexperience
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mystical
adjective
uk/ˈmɪs.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈmɪs.tɪ.kəl/
relating to the belief that there is hidden meaning in life, or that each human being can unite ...
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experience
noun
uk/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/us/ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/
(the process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or ...
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(Definition ofmysticalandexperiencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Now universal-self pluralisticmysticalexperienceitself comes in a variety of forms.
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And the standard interpretations ofmysticalexperiencerequire that human minds can experience a non-physical ultimate reality.
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In 1600, at the age of twenty-five, he had a transformingmysticalexperience.
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Perhaps this memory would, in neurophysiological terms, be somewhat like the recollection of amysticalexperience.
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The nature of pain might well compare with that of the equally individual and intransmissiblemysticalexperience.
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There is, in fact, a considerable body of research which has begun to uncover the neuro-physiological underpinnings ofmysticalexperience.
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Neithermysticalexperiencenor more ordinary forms of experience give any indication, or any grounds for believing, that they are unmediated.
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It is hard to see that all conceptualization could be abandoned inmysticalexperience.
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The question before us is whether that case survives scrutiny in the light of the known patterns ofmysticalexperienceand the alternative, naturalistic explanations of those patterns.
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At best, the data suggest that perhaps one per cent of the total population of these two countries has had at least one vivid and intensemysticalexperience.
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Armstrong's comment is insightful because the same could be said ofmysticalexperienceitself.
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Such fantasies show howmysticalexperiencemight readily produce a symbolic language for understanding the psyche, especially fantasies associated with infant experience of maternal pleasure and protection.
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Trance also has a function in religion andmysticalexperience.
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Religion is the broader term: besides mythological aspects, it includes aspects of ritual, morality, theology, andmysticalexperience.
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Houselander was sent to a convent where she reported her firstmysticalexperience.
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Stace chooses texts that describemysticalexperience, rather than interpret or analyse it.
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These are sung in particular rhythms which are sustained over a prolonged period to give practitioners amysticalexperience.
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This is often emphasised by calling it amysticalexperience.
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The union is realised by the practitioner as amysticalexperiencewithin one's own body.
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