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A philospher and psychologist surveys direct religious experiences, including healthy-mindedness, saintliness, conversion and mysticism.

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Lecture X

Starbuck’s conclusion is that the effect of conversion is to bring with it: “a changed attitude towards life, which is fairly constant and permanent, although the feelings fluctuate.⁠ ⁠… In other words, the persons who have passed through conversion, having once taken a stand for the religious life, tend to feel themselves identified with it, no matter how much their religious enthusiasm declines.”

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