THE FOURTEEN STAGE, 5 YEAR, RELIGIOUS CRISIS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXPERIENCE OF PURGATION AND MYSTICAL UNION.

Notes.

• For illustration and clarification of the terms used in the above 14 stage crisis, see the narrative of the crisis.
• The table above has a number of blank places. Also some of the entries I have made are controversial or incorrect. I would appreciate correspondance from people from cultures and religions from around the world, helping me to complete and correct this table.
• Prof. Elliot Wolfson of New York University kindly filled out the column labeled Judaic/Hebraic, except where I have inserted Shekinah, 'overcoming seals or knots,' and devekut. Please correct me if I am wrong on the use of Shekinah.

Arlen Wolpert
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
July 21,2004
http://world.std.com/~awolpert/gtr9.html

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