Intellectual Visions

• Intellectual Visions

  Feel it/leads to mystical experiences
• Example

  Teresa of Avila
• Teresa of Avila - authenticity of the experience 


  • Clarity = truth
  • Power to the message
  • Complete + clear message
  • Don't hear the words - just know them
  • Haven't made it happen ("voice comes unexpectedly")
• Factors affecting validity of this experience


  • Not really a vision - no sight element
  • So personal that it cannot be verified