Contemplation
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In a religious context, the practice of contemplation seeks a direct awareness of the divine which transcends the intellect, often in accordance with religious practices such as meditation or prayer.
Kamppi Chapel in Helsinki City Centre is a community centre, assigned for contemplation.
Nature contemplation
A woman places rosary beads on a devotional image mounted on the wall beside her bed. The Walters Art Museum.
Christian mysticism
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Christian mysticism is the compendium of traditions of mysticism, mystical practices and mystical theology within Christianity which "concerns the preparation for, the consciousness of, and the effect
Contemplation
…string"), thus referring to a cleared (measured) space in front of an altar. The Latin word contemplatio was used to translate the Greek word θεωρία (theōría). Contemplation was an important part of the philosophy of Plato; Plato thought that through contemplation, the soul may ascend to knowledge of the…
Russian Orthodox icon of the Transfiguration (Theophanes the Greek, c. 1408)
Mystic marriage of Christ and the Church
Life of Francis of Assisi by José Benlliure y Gil
Resurrection of Jesus, Matthias Grünewald