divine union
Soul meets God
Divine union is a spiritual state in which the individual soul merges with or becomes one with God, the absolute, or ultimate reality.
The concept appears across mystical traditions—Christian mystics speak of union with Christ, Sufi poets of dissolving into the beloved, Hindu practitioners of atman joining Brahman.
She described her meditation as approaching divine union.
The term sometimes describes the sacred dimension of marriage or sexual union between partners.
- sacred marriageRitual union with deity
- holy matrimonySacred rite of spousal union
- bridal chamberNewlyweds' first shared bedroom
- one fleshMarried couple's spiritual bond
- onenessState of being unified
ecstasy · transcendence · enlightenment · meditation · samadhi · nirvana · immanence · beloved · mysticism · deification · cosmic consciousness · inner light · surrender · spiritual awakening · heart opening · awakening · contemplation · prayer
- spiritualitysacred, enlightened, holy, spiritual growth, spiritual practice
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- divinitydeity, godhood, godhead, holiness, divinity
- mystical statesecstasy, rapture, religious ecstasy, samadhi, satori
- mystical visionsvisions, clairvoyance, prophetic dream, prophetic dreams, heavenly vision
- mysticismmystic, gnosis, mystical, mystical traditions, mystical experience
divine uniondark night of the soul
Intense period of spiritual emptiness
fall from grace · spiritual exile · damnation · apostasy · fallen state