Hierophany Flashcards
“the manifestation of the sacred through something else”
Kripal
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sacred
Something physical, tangible, material
Hierophany
Divine reality comes up through the physical world
Hierophany
Coins the term hierophany and says that instances in which the divine erupt in the natural world
Mircea Eliade
Those instances draw _ to the natural world such as scriptures, nature, and statues.
humans closer
A physical thing is a vehicle for the _.
the More, the sacred
Context will differ from traditions to _.
traditions
The paradox suggest that the divine is deeply connected to the _.
material
The other half of the paradox are the _.
purity codes
Drives a wedge between the humans and the natural world
Purity codes
Shines through something in the physical world
Divine reality
Hierophanies have the same _.
structure
