Definition of "hierophany" []

• A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship. (noun)

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• "For today I think Eliade's focus on what he called hierophany, the eruption of the divine into the mundane is the most important thing."
• "Grannie is the religious hierophany ala Eliade of theological prophecy in the movie."
• "Many people live their whole lives without any access to the soul, so that to come into contact with it, in therapy or otherwise, can be experienced as an hierophany, which may involve fear and rejection."