On 1/17/06, steve ash <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I'd say religion was anasthetic and religious
experience another name for confidence trick, however
*spiritual experience* is most definitely an aesthetic
experience. All direct gnostic experiences of reality
heighten aesthetic sensibility, and no doubt our
imagination fills in the gaps left in 'revelation' :)
Could you clarify what you mean by religious experience being
another name for a confidence trick, and why that is different from
spiritual experience?
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Janet Goodall
Research Fellow
Institute of Education
University of Warwick
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