The seeress, Vanna:
"...had had an experience of Gaea that decided the whole meaning of her life..." (p. 104)
There are several ways to interpret that statement:
she experienced Gaea as described by Gaeans, assuming that that description is accurate;
she deluded herself;
she experienced oneness with her environment and interpreted this experience in terms of Gaeanity;
she began to approach God but, at this stage of her understanding, misunderstood God as "Gaea."
When, at University, a Theological student spoke of a person's "experience of God," I interpreted this to mean a person's experience of life, theistically interpreted. Experience plays a big part in religion but discussion of it is not straightforward.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I would consider the third and fourth possibilities you listed as most nearly the right ones describing what Vanna experienced.
Ad astra! Sean
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