spiritualization
Rendering something holy
Spiritualization is the process of giving something a spiritual meaning or character, or of interpreting something in spiritual rather than material terms.
Religious traditions spiritualize physical practices like fasting or breathing exercises.
A person might undergo spiritualization through conversion or deepening faith.
The word also describes reframing secular experiences as sacred: Her spiritualization of everyday tasks transformed housework into meditation.
Making someone or something sacred
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
consecration · devotion · piety · sacredness · divinization · beatification · glorification · purification
Return to consciousness
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- samadhiProfound meditative absorption state
illumination · transcendence · bodhi · liberation · realization · cosmic consciousness · divine union · self-realization
Surpassing usual limits
- soulInnermost animating essence
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
higher planes · astral · numinous · immanence · theosophy · pantheism · mysticism · sacred
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
esoteric · occult · elixir · arcane · calcination · sublimation · refinement · purification
Observing one's own mind
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
self-awareness · shadow work · depth · authenticity · wholeness · integration · maturation · transformation
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
holiness · consecration · devotion · piety · sacredness · divinization · beatification · glorification · purification · blessing
awakening
Return to consciousness
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
samadhi · illumination · transcendence · bodhi · liberation · realization · cosmic consciousness · divine union · self-realization · mystical experience
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- soulInnermost animating essence
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
cosmos · higher planes · astral · numinous · immanence · theosophy · pantheism · mysticism · sacred · ineffable
transmutation
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
magnum opus · esoteric · occult · elixir · arcane · calcination · sublimation · refinement · purification · lead to gold
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
mindfulness · self-awareness · shadow work · depth · authenticity · wholeness · integration · maturation · transformation · becoming
spiritualizationsecularization
Religion losing social significance
profanation · desanctification · disenchantment · rationalization · demystification
spiritualizationmaterialization
Coming into tangible existence
physicalization · literalization · concretization · reification · embodiment
spiritualizationprofanation
Violation of sanctity
degradation · debasement · vulgarization · desecration · trivialization
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