The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Page 637
... rience . And omitting many other ques- tions , which must wait their turn , we want to know whether mystical expe- riences actually enlarge our sphere of knowledge , that is , whether they are trustworthy sources of authentic in ...
... rience . And omitting many other ques- tions , which must wait their turn , we want to know whether mystical expe- riences actually enlarge our sphere of knowledge , that is , whether they are trustworthy sources of authentic in ...
Page 638
... rience than the color of the map is like the country for which it stands . ' Can- ada is very pink , ' seems quite an inade- quate description of the noble country north of our border . It is mystical ex- perience , and not mysticism ...
... rience than the color of the map is like the country for which it stands . ' Can- ada is very pink , ' seems quite an inade- quate description of the noble country north of our border . It is mystical ex- perience , and not mysticism ...
Page 641
... rience in the abstract . One must first catch his concrete case . Some instan- ces are normal , and some are undoubt- edly abnormal . Trance , ecstasy , and rapture are unusual experiences , and , in that sense , not normal occurrences ...
... rience in the abstract . One must first catch his concrete case . Some instan- ces are normal , and some are undoubt- edly abnormal . Trance , ecstasy , and rapture are unusual experiences , and , in that sense , not normal occurrences ...
Page 647
... rience . It was terrifying ; but how absurd , how beyond all reasonable ex- planation appears this adult terror — occurring , too , not in the darkness of a lonely bedroom , but in the mild after- noon light of a nursery - by compari ...
... rience . It was terrifying ; but how absurd , how beyond all reasonable ex- planation appears this adult terror — occurring , too , not in the darkness of a lonely bedroom , but in the mild after- noon light of a nursery - by compari ...
Page 844
... rience as watchman . Imagine me , an elderly lady with no bloodthirsty ideas whatever , sitting at the great gate which led to the inner court , with a loaded gun across my knees ! My watch was from 11 P.M. to 4 A.M. , and I was under ...
... rience as watchman . Imagine me , an elderly lady with no bloodthirsty ideas whatever , sitting at the great gate which led to the inner court , with a loaded gun across my knees ! My watch was from 11 P.M. to 4 A.M. , and I was under ...
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