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	It is a term commonly used by Western Christians to describe a sudden "turning away" from a "prideful self" and the turning towards, and even union with, a powerful, perceived presence, typically conceptualized as God or Christ<ref>Mahoney, Annette, and Kenneth I. Pargament. “Sacred Changes: Spiritual Conversion and Transformation.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 481-2.</ref>.		It is a term commonly used by Western Christians to describe a sudden "turning away" from a "prideful self" and the turning towards, and even union with, a powerful, perceived presence, typically conceptualized as God or Christ<ref>Mahoney, Annette, and Kenneth I. Pargament. “Sacred Changes: Spiritual Conversion and Transformation.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 481-2.</ref>.

	Atreyee Majumder, sociologist/anthropologist, recounts her conversion experience which transformed her from an agnostic derisive towards religion, into a Bhakti devotee and believer in the existence of Krishna, an incarnation of Brahman/Vishnu.<ref>Majumder, Atreyee. “Devotee/Ethnographer: ''My Struggle at the Boundary Walls of Participant Observation.”'' Religions 13, no. 6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13060538.</ref>		'''Atreyee Majumder''', sociologist/anthropologist, recounts her conversion experience which transformed her from an agnostic derisive towards religion, into a Bhakti devotee and believer in the existence of Krishna, an incarnation of Brahman/Vishnu.<ref>Majumder, Atreyee. “Devotee/Ethnographer: ''My Struggle at the Boundary Walls of Participant Observation.”'' Religions 13, no. 6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13060538.</ref>

	Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World.] Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.</ref> His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.		'''Bill Wilson''', co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World.] Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.</ref> His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.

			Sociologist Mke Sosteric recounts his conversion experience.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. Connection 100 – An Auto-Ethnography of My (Mystical) Connection Experiences.” ''Religions 13,'' no. 10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100993</ref>

	R. M. Offord provides several examples of alcoholics who had conversion experiences.<ref>Offord, R.M. Jerry McAuley: An Apostle to the Lost. New York: Forgotten Books, 2012.</ref>		R. M. Offord provides several examples of alcoholics who had conversion experiences.<ref>Offord, R.M. Jerry McAuley: An Apostle to the Lost. New York: Forgotten Books, 2012.</ref>

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	A '''Conversation Experience''' (a.k.a. Religious Conversion, Spiritual Conversion, or simply conversion) is a [[Connection Experience Type\|type]] of [[Connection Experience]]~~. It is a term commonly used by Western Christians~~ to ~~describe a sudden~~ "~~turning away~~" from a "prideful self" and the turning towards, and even union with, a powerful, perceived presence, typically conceptualized as God or Christ<ref>Mahoney, Annette, and Kenneth I. Pargament. “Sacred Changes: Spiritual Conversion and Transformation.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 481-2.</~~ref>~~, despite previous, intractable and even hostile resistance to the idea.		A '''Conversation Experience''' (a.k.a. Religious Conversion, Spiritual Conversion, or simply conversion) is a [[Connection Experience Type\|type]] of [[Connection Experience]] that causes an individual to "covert" from agnosticism/atheism into a faithful/devoted believer, despite previous, intractable and even hostile resistance to the idea.
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	The original meaning of "conversion" revolved around the root''convertere'', which means "to turn around." "The spatial image is one of revolving, reversing, or changing direction, though from the beginning the word was used in a religious sense."<ref>Hewitt, Glenn A. Regeneration and Morality: A Study of Charles Finney, Charles Hodge, John W. Nevin, and Horace Bushnell. New York: Carlson Publishing, 1991. p. 4.</ref> In this sense, the term "conversion" is a syncretic term for [[Is a syncretic term::Alignment]]		The original meaning of "conversion" revolved around the root''convertere'', which means "to turn around." "The spatial image is one of revolving, reversing, or changing direction, though from the beginning the word was used in a religious sense."<ref>Hewitt, Glenn A. Regeneration and Morality: A Study of Charles Finney, Charles Hodge, John W. Nevin, and Horace Bushnell. New York: Carlson Publishing, 1991. p. 4.</ref> In this sense, the term "conversion" is a syncretic term for [[Is a syncretic term::Alignment]]

			It is a term commonly used by Western Christians to describe a sudden "turning away" from a "prideful self" and the turning towards, and even union with, a powerful, perceived presence, typically conceptualized as God or Christ<ref>Mahoney, Annette, and Kenneth I. Pargament. “Sacred Changes: Spiritual Conversion and Transformation.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 481-2.</ref>.

			Atreyee Majumder, sociologist/anthropologist, recounts her conversion experience which transformed her from an agnostic derisive towards religion, into a Bhakti devotee and believer in the existence of Krishna, an incarnation of Brahman/Vishnu.<ref>Majumder, Atreyee. “Devotee/Ethnographer: ''My Struggle at the Boundary Walls of Participant Observation.”'' Religions 13, no. 6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13060538.</ref>

	Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World.] Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.</ref> His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.		Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World.] Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.</ref> His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.

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	A '''Conversation Experience''' (a.k.a. Religious Conversion, Spiritual Conversion, or simply conversion) is a ~~sudden, powerful, but usually brief expansion of~~ [[~~Consciousness~~]] ~~into the [[Physical Unit]], a~~ [[Connection Experience]] ~~in [[LP]] words~~. It is a term commonly used by Western Christians to describe a sudden "turning away" from a "prideful self" and the turning towards, and even union with, a powerful, perceived presence,<ref>Mahoney, Annette, and Kenneth I. Pargament. “Sacred Changes: Spiritual Conversion and Transformation.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 481-2.</ref> ~~understood by the Christian as God~~, ~~often in spite of~~ previous, intractable and even hostile resistance to the idea.		A '''Conversation Experience''' (a.k.a. Religious Conversion, Spiritual Conversion, or simply conversion) is a [[Connection Experience Type\|type]] of [[Connection Experience]]. It is a term commonly used by Western Christians to describe a sudden "turning away" from a "prideful self" and the turning towards, and even union with, a powerful, perceived presence, typically conceptualized as God or Christ<ref>Mahoney, Annette, and Kenneth I. Pargament. “Sacred Changes: Spiritual Conversion and Transformation.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 481-2.</ref>, despite previous, intractable and even hostile resistance to the idea.
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	==~~Syncretic Terms for~~ Connection Experience==		==List of Connection Experience Types==

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	~~==See Also==~~

	~~[[Connection]], [[Connection Event]], [[Connection Outcome]], [[Connection Experience Types]]~~

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	A conversion experience may also include elements of [[Awakening]] ([[Awakening Experience]]), [[Activation]] ([[Activation Experience]]), and [[Ascension]] ([[Unity Experience]]).		A conversion experience may also include elements of [[Awakening]] ([[Awakening Experience]]), [[Activation]] ([[Activation Experience]]), and [[Ascension]] ([[Unity Experience]]).

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	Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World.] Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.</ref> His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.		The original meaning of "conversion" revolved around the root''convertere'', which means "to turn around." "The spatial image is one of revolving, reversing, or changing direction, though from the beginning the word was used in a religious sense."<ref>Hewitt, Glenn A. Regeneration and Morality: A Study of Charles Finney, Charles Hodge, John W. Nevin, and Horace Bushnell. New York: Carlson Publishing, 1991. p. 4.</ref> In this sense, the term "conversion" is a syncretic term for [[Is a syncretic term::Alignment]]

			Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World.] Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.</ref> His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.

	R. M. Offord provides several examples of alcoholics who had conversion experiences.<ref>Offord, R.M. Jerry McAuley: An Apostle to the Lost. New York: Forgotten Books, 2012.</ref>		R. M. Offord provides several examples of alcoholics who had conversion experiences.<ref>Offord, R.M. Jerry McAuley: An Apostle to the Lost. New York: Forgotten Books, 2012.</ref>

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	~~In [[LP]] terms~~, ~~conversion is~~ a ~~Connection~~ Experience that ~~leads to temporary union with either~~ [~~[Resident Monadic Consciousness]~~]. ~~[[Higher Self]]~~, ~~or some other location within the [[Fabric of Consciousness]]~~.		Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World.] Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.</ref> His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.

	~~Bill Wilson, co-founder~~ of ~~Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist,~~ had ~~a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention~~.<ref>~~Alcoholics Anonymous~~. ~~[https~~://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the ~~World.] Kindle~~. New York: ~~AA World Services~~, ~~1984~~.</ref> ~~His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.~~		R. M. Offord provides several examples of alcoholics who had conversion experiences.<ref>Offord, R.M. Jerry McAuley: An Apostle to the Lost. New York: Forgotten Books, 2012.</ref>

	Early iterations of AA seem to have focussed quite explicitly on the elicitation of conversion experience as a powerful cure for the alcoholic's addiction, though later this was largely pushed aside.<Ref>Dick, B. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005V1M358/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lightningpa02-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B005V1M358&linkId=05c6c7ee5d359f90b92bd00a966f9bc6 The Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous.] Kihei, Maui: Paradise Research Publications, 2011.</ref>		Early iterations of AA seem to have focussed quite explicitly on the elicitation of conversion experience as a powerful cure for the alcoholic's addiction, though later this was largely pushed aside.<Ref>Dick, B. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005V1M358/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lightningpa02-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B005V1M358&linkId=05c6c7ee5d359f90b92bd00a966f9bc6 The Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous.] Kihei, Maui: Paradise Research Publications, 2011.</ref>

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