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The Phenomenology of A Visionary Experience
The Phenomenology of A Visionary Experience
The Phenomenology of A Visionary Experience
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One might conclude that a Visionary Experience is one which takes place
“outside of the body or mind.” I would like to argue that this is not necessarily true. In
fact one can argue that most visions take place “within the body and mind.”
prayer setting. The Subject was reading the Bible and meditating. Soon, the Subject
was in a deep trance state and his consciousness had gone “internal.” In his internal
mind, the Subject found himself on a mental plane of a different dimension. This plane
appeared to the Subject as if it were the Astral Plane. The Subject found himself fully
awake and aware in an internal “out of body experience.” The Subject met one person
while on the internal Astral Plane and communicated with her. Soon, the Subject came
out of his trance state and found himself to be back in the prayer room where he had
started out. The Subject carried with him a feeling of all enveloping Love which he did
not have prior to the experience. This feeling of all enveloping Love lasted for