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The varieties of religious experience (view source)
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Whether it be a thoughtful walk with the sun dappling through the trees onto your skin, enjoying a piece of artwork in your local gallery, dancing at a festival, singing in a choir, or dedicating an hour a day to the withdrawal of the senses in mindful meditation, contemplative and reflective practices conjure up a plethora of possibilities and a multitude of meanings.
+There is a certain ineffable ‘truth’ in the ‘beauty’ of these experiences. From life’s bigger questions, such as “how did the world begin?”, to being swept away by a blissful melody or beautiful landscape, these experiences have the power to move us beyond rational knowledge and take us to a place of feeling. It is a deep and powerful place, yet not one necessarily visible to others or expressible through words.
+But how do we and why should we attend to these more ineffable experiences of life? In research and everyday practice, how do we recognise the magic in the mundane?