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  • All four of the beginning mysteries have prepared you to be ready to get on the holy tracks and begin a journey toward the mysterium tremendum.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • However ecstatic expression is performed, its most enthusiastic performance spontaneously tunes and readies us to experience the divine and encounter the mysterium tremendum.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • The hipster fundamentalism of the mega-churches also offers little in the way of mysterium tremendum.

    W. Scott Poole: Accepting The Monster Into Your Heart W. Scott Poole 2011

  • This, I suppose, is the real mysterium tremendum, since such a yearning never really arises out of any purposeful determination on our part, certainly not out of any hope for personal benefit though all sorts of religions are fond of claiming to provide such benefits: this will get you salvation; this will give you a good harvest; this will make you better.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Otto called the feeling this evokes the "mysterium tremendum," really a kind of holy horror.

    W. Scott Poole: Accepting The Monster Into Your Heart W. Scott Poole 2011

  • The hipster fundamentalism of the mega-churches also offers little in the way of mysterium tremendum.

    W. Scott Poole: Accepting The Monster Into Your Heart W. Scott Poole 2011

  • This, I suppose, is the real mysterium tremendum, since such a yearning never really arises out of any purposeful determination on our part, certainly not out of any hope for personal benefit though all sorts of religions are fond of claiming to provide such benefits: this will get you salvation; this will give you a good harvest; this will make you better.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • The hipster fundamentalism of the mega-churches also offers little in the way of mysterium tremendum.

    W. Scott Poole: Accepting The Monster Into Your Heart W. Scott Poole 2011

  • This, I suppose, is the real mysterium tremendum, since such a yearning never really arises out of any purposeful determination on our part, certainly not out of any hope for personal benefit though all sorts of religions are fond of claiming to provide such benefits: this will get you salvation; this will give you a good harvest; this will make you better.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Otto called the feeling this evokes the "mysterium tremendum," really a kind of holy horror.

    W. Scott Poole: Accepting The Monster Into Your Heart W. Scott Poole 2011

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