Religious Experience: Visions Flashcards
Define a corporeal vision.
Those that come through the physical sense of sight.
Define an imaginative vision.
Visions seen in the mind, often through the medium of a dream.
Define an Intellectual vision.
Visions where there is no visual image; the experience ‘illuminates’ the soul.
Numinous.
Relating to the power or presence of an entity/divinity- strong religious or spiritual quality
What is an example of a corporeal experience?
St Bernadette of Lourdes.
What is an example of an imaginative experience?
The Egyptian Pharaoh.
What is an example of an intellectual experience?
St Theresa of Avila (1515-1582)
What dates were St Theresa of Avila’s life?
1515-1582.
Where can the recount of the Egyptian Pharaoh be found?
Genesis 41.
What happens in the Egyptian Pharaoh’s dream?
Seven thin cows devour seven fat cows. Seven withered ears of grain devour seven fat ears of grain.
What effect did the Egyptian Pharaoh’s dream have on him?
He knew it was important but his magicians and wise men couldn’t figure it out. They had a young Hebrew man, Joseph, in prison who claimed he could interpret dreams- he said the dream meant a famine is coming. The pharaoh stores surplus grain which saves the whole nation. Joseph becomes part of the Pharaoh’s court.
What was the name of the dream decipherer in the Pharaoh’s anecdote?
Joseph.
What happened in St Bernadette of Lourdes vision?
18 visions of the Virgin Mary (who initially only identified herself as the ‘Immaculate Conception’) who in later visions spoke to her. Told her to pray for sinners and build a chapel on the sight. Told her to dig soil and a spring sprung from it- she told her to drink the water and bathe from it. A local woman dipped her paralysed hand in this water and was cured.
How many visions did St Bernadette of Lourdes have in total?
18.
What effect did St Bernadette of Lourdes’ vision have?
This place is now a place of pilgrimage. The catholic church claim healing miracles occur here.
