Different Names for the Same Thing

Detail from "Ears to Hear, Eyes to See"

“Poets, philosophers and creative men in general have long associated the wonders of creative insights with the Divine. In view of this connection, it is not surprising that peaks of creative inspiration and religious revelation are psychologically similar. Mystical experiences in every religion in every people are expressed in similar language and the great creators have described their creative moments in almost identical terms whether they be chemists, poets, mathematicians, musicians or painters….At such high moments, the psychology of religion and the psychology of creativity become indistinguishable.”<sup>1


Philip Woollcott, Jr.  “Some Considerations of Creativity and Religious Experience in St. Augustine of Hippo”, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 5, Spring 1966, p.281</sup>