The Soul's Upward Yearning Quotes

“It appears as a wholly-Other, superior, incomprehensible, and mysterious power with passion, emotion, and will that elicits from us a sense of creatureliness, humility, submission, respect, reverence, and worship. From”
― Robert Spitzer, The Soul's Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason

“Otto contends that the presence of the powerful and overwhelming numen is primary, and this causes us to react to it with a sense of reverence, humility, and creatureliness.17”
― Robert Spitzer, The Soul's Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason

“Otto concurs with James that the numen appears as an objective presence, and that it is distinguishable from every other object we experience, because it is more deep and more general (all-encompassing) than all other objects.”
― Robert Spitzer, The Soul's Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason

“The heart’s reasons are essential, but without the mind’s reasons, they might seem to be ungrounded idealism that can undermine conviction and openness to God and grace. My”
― Robert Spitzer, The Soul's Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason

“In sum, the loss of transcendence in our culture has four negative consequences:    1. It causes us to underestimate and depreciate our nature, dignity, destiny, and meaning in life.    2. It takes away an important source of healing and consolation for those who are suffering and sick.    3. It causes alienation from reality, others, and ourselves, negatively impacting suicide rates, familial relations, substance use, and sense of fulfillment and hope.    4. It leads to a decline in ethical motivation within individuals and ethical conduct within culture. If”
― Robert Spitzer, The Soul's Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason