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4 results for “Divine transcendence”
Clear searchThe incarnation, the limits of created perspective and the love philosophy could not imagine
…er Neoplatonism developed this into an ordered ascent from the material world towards the divine source of all things. Matter occupied the lowest level. In Plotinus, it could be described in terms of privation (the absence or lack of positive being and goodness), darkness and evi…
Read article →The glory philosophy could not contain
…re is the Word. There is creation. There is descent. There is flesh. There is a return to divine glory. But the road runs in the opposite direction—and the difference reveals just how astonishing the Christian confession is. John does not say that the Word fell into flesh, lost H…
Read article →Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ
…trongly on a standard near-death-experience scale. Participants reported features such as transcendence of the body, entry into another realm and encounters with apparently sentient beings. Later comparative work has continued to find substantial overlap between psychedelic and n…
Read article →Spiritual ecstasy, altered states, and discerning what is from God
…t; another believes she has met a Hindu deity; another speaks of Allah, the universe, the divine self, a spirit guide, or an impersonal consciousness. They cannot all be confirming the truth of their respective beliefs. The intensity of an experience may demonstrate that somethin…
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