Religious [a1] experience is a new western topic in religious studies. Although there are different interpretations; in general, religious experience refers to the connection of human being to the Sacred. There is no match for this expression in Islamic texts; however, there are expressions with similar connotations in the theosophical texts. In this article the term religious experience is used in a general framework such that it contains the theosophical and philosophical experiences as well. Reviewing the apparent and internal experiences, the author goes on to explain the theosophical and philosophical experiences. It then discusses the religious experience, as a wide source of knowledge ranging from the knowledge of God to a deep pilosophical cognition and mystical tendency, and even as a source of revelation.
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