“There have been religious geniuses in all ages and in all countries who have had experiences of spiritual expansion. They have been made aware of a Realm of Reality on a higher level than that revealed through their senses. They have sometimes felt invaded by the inrush of larger Life: sometimes they have seemed to,push a door inward into a larger range of being with vastly heightened energy. The experience is … always one of joy and rapture: in fact it is probably the highest joy a mortal ever feels”:

Rufus Jones, Studies in Mystical Religion