What do organized religions have to say about EHEs?
Almost all the founders of the major religions were EHEers, and at least one of their major EHEs led to the founding of a specific religion, whether it be Moses and the burning bush or Jesus or Buddha. However, theologians who develop the dogma of a particular religion generally admit the existence of various EHEs, and even have specific terms for them, such as the siddhis of Hinduism, the barokas of Islam, and the gifts of the spirit of Christianity. However, many of these theologians, Eastern as well as Western, warn that special spiritual experiences and gifts can inhibit spiritual growth if viewed as ends in themselves. Also implied is the idea that these experiences are primarily of the life of the spirit and not of the secular world. Our view is that all exceptional and exceptional human experiences are indications that the entire universe is sacred. The divine and the secular are not separate. EHEs play an essential role in helping people to find and travel their unique spiritua
