Introducing key terms
Read the words and discuss what you think they might mean before revealing the definition.
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CONVERSION
CONVERSION - To change direction or to turn around
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VISION
VISION - Something seen other than by ordinary sight
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MYSTICISM
MYSTICISM - An experience of having apprehended an ultimate reality or a oneness with God
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INEFFABLE
INEFFABLE - Defies expression, unutterable, indescribable, indefinable
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NOETIC
NOETIC - Clearly revealed insights unobtainable by the intellect alone
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TRANSIENT
TRANSIENT - Not maintained for long periods of time
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PASSIVE
PASSIVE - A sense of feeling that one is taken over by a superior power; acceptance and openness
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SUBJECTIVE
SUBJECTIVE - Having its source within the mind
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VERIDICAL
VERIDICAL - When the object of the experience actually exists as a reality and not just in your imagination
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MONISM
MONISM - The view that there is only one basic and fundamental reality
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NUMINOUS
NUMINOUS - An experience of the holy; something wholly other than the natural world and beyond comprehension
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TRANSCENDENT
TRANSCENDENT - Having existence outside the material universe
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CHARISMATIC
CHARISMATIC - Christians of various groups who seek an ecstatic religious experience, often including speaking in tongues
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ASCETICISM
ASCETICISM - Deliberate self-denial of bodily pleasures for the attainment of spiritual fulfilment
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IMMANENT
IMMANENT - Existing or remaining; in theology it refers to God’s involvement in creation
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SUFISM
SUFISM - The mystical tradition within Islam