Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: esot@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Sotnak) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Mystical/Religious Experiences Wanted Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 91 19:44:19 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Rochester, Rochester NY Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu ** WANTED ** : (a) First-hand accounts/descriptions of religious or mystical experiences (Please be as specific as possible). [note: Even vague feelings/intuitions count] (b) Defenses and/or criticisms of the veracity of the content of such experiences (Do do think such experiences yield knowledge of God or a transcendent reality? Why or why not?). Please e-mail your response(s) to: esot@uhura.cc.rochester.edu Be assured that my interest is to gather data, not to start any sort of debate (if you want to do that, you can post your response on the net as well). -- ******************************************************************** Eric Sotnak | "Believing presupposes esot@uhura.cc.rochester.edu | understanding." | - al-Ghazali