religious experience #1

what does corporeal mean?

• corporate

• cooperative

• of material nature, physical

• corpse

a vision can be defined as...

• something seen other than by ordinary sight - supernatural or prophetic sight that comes as a revelation or message of some form

• a sense experience that is caused by a ghost

define conversion.

• scoring a goal

• change of state from one form of life to another

• a communal experience

what are the characteristics of conversion

• sudden, fast, transformers

• gradual or sudden, volitional or self-surrending, passive or active, transforming

• pretend, sudden, volitional

what is mysticism

• a religious experience where union with God is not experienced

• a religious vision where union with God is experienced

• a religious experience where union with God is experienced

what is the nature of mysticism

• transcendent, ineffable, moemic, union

• transcendent, ineffable, noetic, ecstatic, unitive

• poetic, transient, union, ineffective

how many 'mansions' did St Teresa of Avila use in her definition of prayer

• 5

• 7

• 9

• 11

what does ineffable mean?

• no words can describe the experience

• words can describe the experience

what does noetic mean?

• knowledge gained through mystical experience that would otherwise not be available to the recipient through ordinary means

• knowledge gained through unitive experience that would otherwise be available to the recipient through extraordinary means

what was the water wheel a metaphor for? (St Teresa)

• prayer

• conversion

• mysticism

• vision