At 10:12 AM 12/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hmm, a good question, but did Joan of Arc actually experience "the presence
>of God" (a la McGinn) in an immediate sense, or did she rather have visions
>(or more precisely, auditions), which revealed God's will? The latter would
>not necessarily, as far as I understand, imply a mystical sense of coming
>together with God. I am no expert of Joan of Arc, but I cannot recall that
>she actually experienced other supernatural experiences than her auditions?
>Was she ever pulled to God in, say, something like a rapture or ecstasy?
>Could we say that she had supernatural visionary /auditory experiences, but
>not necessarily those mystical? Did Joan of Arc actually have bodily
>experiences of God's presence or were her extraordinary spiritual
>experiences limited to her auditions?
>Sincerely, Maiju Lehmijoki-G.
She did have visions of light that usually accompanied her revelations that
came from "the voice"; and she had visitations from angels and saints. I
don't recall any accounts of rapture.
Steve Fanning
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