transcendent God, as in the Christian religion, but rather owing its existence to the inspired perception of nature. Its effect is nonetheless similar to the way one can be reoriented and transformed by a relationship to God. The third aspect relates to the sudden, instantaneous nature of the entire process. All at once one sees things anew, looks at the world with new eyes and experiences a turning point in one’s life. From then on, everything is transformed. Life has been interrupted and there is a dramatic sense of before and after. While an aperçu is conventionally understood as nothing
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