The Original Vision: A Study of the Religious Experience of Childhood

by Edward Armitage Robinson, John H. Westerhoff III (Introduction)

From more than four thousand first person accounts of religious experience, Edward Robinson has selected and arranged significant anecdotes describing the religious experience of childhood. This unprecedented material reveals that religious experience does occur in advance of the cognitive and rational skills developed in later; it also shows how childhood experience can be crucial for later development.

176 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1977

About the author

Edward Armitage Robinson (1921-2013) was an English sculptor, botanist, and author.

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[Kate]

Research into the spiritual, mystical experiences of children.

Adult after adult reports memories of powerful, vivid, transformative experiences in his or her childhood....

God is too wonderful to be fully known and understood.

Children can center