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From: esot@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Sotnak)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Mystical/Religious Experiences Wanted
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Date: 16 Jan 91 06:40:31 GMT
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** 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).

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Eric Sotnak                  |  "Believing presupposes
esot@uhura.cc.rochester.edu  |  understanding."
                             |                - al-Ghazali