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Glossolalia is exciting the first time you hear it, but the kiddies will get a little sick of teacher going all Linda Blair on them every day.
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An interesting form of speech automatism is known as Glossolalia; in the typical case of Helène Smith, Th. Flournoy has shown that these utterances may reach a higher plane and form a real language, which is, however, based on one already known to the speaker.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
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Glossolalia, otherwise referred to as "speaking in tongues," has been around for thousands of years, and references to it can be found in the Old and New Testaments.
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Glossolalia is, in essence, a creative state of mind, and thus allows the person to perceive and interact with the world in a different way.
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Glossolalia as learned behavior: An experimental demonstration.
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Glossolalia as learned behavior: An experimental demonstration.
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Glossolalia is, in essence, a creative state of mind, and thus allows the person to perceive and interact with the world in a different way.
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Fiery tongues and mystical motivations: Glossolalia in a forensic population is associated with mania and sexual/religious delusions.
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Fiery tongues and mystical motivations: Glossolalia in a forensic population is associated with mania and sexual/religious delusions.
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The Legions of Eyes shall rise, my Tales of the Slayers Ficathon entry for Glossolalia.
biocon commented on the word Glossolalia
Glossolalia is the faculty or practice of speaking with 'tongues' (Oxford English Dictionary).
September 11, 2011