stackyFACTSIn the fourteenth century, a massive intellectual war broke out over whether the light seen during intense meditation was just a neat mental trick or the literal, uncreated energy of the divine.
In the fourteenth century, a massive intellectual war broke out over whether the light seen during intense meditation was just a neat mental trick or the literal, uncreated energy of the divine. Monks aggressively hurled accusations of heresy at each other over the exact nature of this glowing phenomenon. Proving that humanity can, and absolutely will, start a vicious intellectual street fight over entirely invisible spiritual concepts.
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