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Religious ecstasy is a type of altered state of consciousness characterized by greatly reduced external awareness and reportedly expanded interior mental and spiritual awareness, frequently accompanied by visions and emotional (and sometimes physical) euphoria.
Dazzling in the ups, terrifying and depressing in the downs. The burning devotion of the small-unit brotherhood, the adrenaline rush of danger, the nagging fear and loneliness, the pride of service. The thrill of raw power, the brutal ecstasy of life on the edge. “It was,” said Nick, “the worst, best experience of my life.”
Even though the faith originally developed out of Ismaili Islam, most Druze do not identify as Muslims, [190] [191] [192] and they do not accept the Five Pillars of Islam. [193] The Druze have frequently experienced persecution by different Muslim regimes such as the Shia Fatimid Caliphate , [ 194 ] Mamluk , [ 195 ] Sunni Ottoman Empire , [ 196 ...
[132] [133] In 2009, nearly 70 percent of the world's population lived in countries classified as having heavy restrictions on freedom of religion. [ 132 ] [ 133 ] This concerns restrictions on religion originating from government prohibitions on free speech and religious expression as well as social hostilities undertaken by private ...
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
According to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, "Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that cannot be defined, but is only to be experienced." [ 72 ] [ citation needed ] This emphasis on experience as validation of a religious worldview is a modern development, which started in the 19th century, and was introduced to ...
The physical and technical training at Parris Island is laced with lessons on morality and values. Drill instructors hammer into recruits a rigid moral code of honor, courage and commitment with the goal, according to the Marine Corps, of producing young Marines “thoroughly indoctrinated in love of Corps and Country … the epitome of ...
Herättäjäjuhlat, or the Awakening festival, in Seinäjoki, Finland in 2009. Various sociological classifications of religious movements have been proposed by scholars. In the sociology of religion, the most widely used classification is the church-sect typology.