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Mentions Salinger's interest in urine therapy, glossolalia, and orgone energy.
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Musical interludes of glossolalia are sometimes described as singing in the Spirit.
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That glossolalia can be learned is also seen in the traces left behind by teachers.
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George Barton Cutten suggested that glossolalia was a sign of mental illness.
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They often move about wildly, fall to the floor and shout in glossolalia.
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Glossolalia has become the church's real battle of the generations.
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There were unorthodox movements that may have engaged in glossolalia.
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Other religious groups have been observed to practice some form of theopneustic glossolalia.
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Some kind of hypnosis or trance has often been suggested as the explanation for glossolalia.
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More examples
  • Repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor)
  • Glossolalia or speaking in tongues is the fluid vocalizing (or, less commonly, the writing) of speech-like syllables, often as part of religious practice. Though some consider these utterances to be meaningless, those that use them consider them to be part of a holy language.
  • Glossolalia is the 2000-released solo album from Kansas keyboaridst/vocalist Steve Walsh. It was released on Magna Carta Records and features help from Trent Gardner, Virgil Donati, and Billy Greer.
  • Speaking in tongues; speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of spirits); Xenoglossy
  • A theological term to describe the doctrine of speaking in tongues. "And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:4).
  • A type of language that cannot be understood, glossolalia is often referred to as "speaking in tongues."
  • Unintelligible speech generally uttered in a dissociated or trance state. Also known as "speaking in tongues". See also xenoglossy.
  • (< Greek, glossa, tongue + laleo), to prattle, chatter, babble; of birds, to twitter, chirp) ecstatic vocalization of unintelligible speech-like sounds, viewed by some as a sign of deep religious experience, especially in various religious groups laying great stress on religious excitation and ...
  • Speaking in tongues, a striking phenomenon of primitive Christianity (TIDOTB, R-Z, p. 671)