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==Related terms== *'''[[Religious ecstasy|Ecstasy]], [[trance]]''' β In ecstasy the believer is understood to have a [[soul]] or spirit which can leave the body. In ecstasy the focus is on the soul leaving the body and to experience transcendental realities. This type of religious experience is characteristic for the [[shaman]].{{sfn|Sapolsky|1998|p=248}} *'''[[Enthusiasm]]''' β In enthusiasm β or [[Spirit possession|possession]] β God is understood to be outside, other than or beyond the believer. A sacred power, being or will enters the body or mind of an individual and possesses it. A person capable of being possessed is sometimes called a medium. The [[deity]], spirit or power uses such a person to communicate to the [[Immanence|immanent]] world. Lewis argues that ecstasy and possession are basically one and the same experience, ecstasy being merely one form which possession may take. The outward manifestation of the phenomenon is the same in that shamans appear to be possessed by spirits, act as their mediums, and even though they claim to have mastery over them, can lose that mastery.{{sfn|Lewis|1996}}{{sfn|Sapolsky|1998|pp=248β249}} *'''[[Mystical experience]]''' β Mystical experiences are in many ways the opposite of numinous experiences. In the mystical experience, all 'otherness' disappear and the believer becomes one with the transcendent. The believer discovers that he or she is not distinct from the cosmos, the deity or the other reality, but one with it. Zaehner has identified two distinctively different mystical experiences: natural and religious mystical experiences.{{sfn|Charlesworth|1988}} Natural mystical experiences are, for example, experiences of the 'deeper self' or experiences of oneness with nature. Zaehner argues that the experiences typical of 'natural mysticism' are quite different from the experiences typical of religious mysticism.{{sfn|Charlesworth|1988}} Natural mystical experiences are not considered to be religious experiences because they are not linked to a particular tradition, but natural mystical experiences are spiritual experiences that can have a profound effect on the individual. *'''Spiritual awakening''' β A spiritual awakening usually involves a realization or opening to a sacred dimension of reality and may be a religious experience. Often a spiritual awakening has lasting effects upon one's life. It may refer to any of a wide range of experiences including being [[Born again Christianity|born again]], [[near-death experiences]], [[Moksha|Liberation]] (''moksha''), and [[Enlightenment in Buddhism|Enlightenment]] (''bodhi'').<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-13 |title=Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenment of your Soul |url=https://www.ipublishing.co.in/spiritual-awakening-and-enlightenment |website=iPublishing |language=en-US}}</ref>
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