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	Glossolalia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Glossolalia is claimed by some to be an unknown mystical language; others claim that glossolalia is the speaking of an unlearned foreign language (see xenoglossia).
		Glossolalia is evident in the renowned ancient Oracle of Delphi, whereby a priestess of the god Apollo (called a sibyl) speaks in strange utterances, supposedly through the spirit of Apollo in her, but possibly related to high levels of natural gas present in spring waters beneath the temple.
		Glossolalia has also been observed in shamanism and the Voodoo religion of Haiti; it can often be brought on by the ingestion of hallucinogenic drugs or entheogens such as Psilocybe mushrooms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glossolalia (2009 words)

	Glossolalia
		Glossolalia is a chthonic phenomena and is under the aegis of the Earth Goddesses.
		Glossolalia can also be seen as a means of accessing the non-linear aspects of consciousness and can improve ones' ability to access the deeper aspects of the self.
		Glossolalia has been associated with snakes since the ancient world and even some charismatic Christians handle poisonous snakes in glossolalic rituals; this assoication suggests the relationship of the practice to primal power (shakti, kundalini) that may be used for many purposes, especially healing, creativity and prophecy.
	members.tripod.com /~kalimountain/glossolalia.html (683 words)

	Glossolalia today
		Glossolalia may be deviant behavior due to abnormality of the mind, or it may be normal expected behavior, depending on the social and cultural environment.
		Glossolalia is a form of partially developed speech in which the thought-speech apparatus of the person is used for a variety of internal mental functions.
		Glossolalia does not miraculously change people in a supernatural sense, but participating in glossolalia is a part of a larger social and personal commitment may play an important role in the change of direction in participant's lives.
	www.meta-religion.com /Linguistics/Glossolalia/glossolalia_today.htm (1849 words)

	Booklet Glossolalia Chapter 1
		If contemporary glossolalia is a blessing of the Lord, we would naturally expect it to function in accordance with these rules.
		The tendency of glossolalia Christians today is to impress fellow Christian believers with the need to being "Spirit-filled." Yet the Apostle said this gift was to be used primarily as a sign to unbelievers.
		The unwarranted premium placed on glossolalia today is reflected in an article which appeared in the February 28, 1975 issue of Christianity Today.
	www.biblestudents.ca /pages/library/booklets/glossolalia/g1.html (1857 words)

	Biblical Glossolalia - Thesis 4
		Thesis 1 contended that glossolalia is inaccessible to worldly comprehension because of its holiness, its “from heaven dimension,” and its inextricable connection with the glorified Jesus.
		But glossolalia is unlike prophecy in two major aspects: (1) Glossolalia transcends the mind of the speaker, whereas prophecy makes sense at once to the one prophesying, so that the prophet is held accountable to the church for what has been said in the name of the Lord.
		Whenever an interpreter insists that glossolalia is generally what we have coded as garblalia (a garbage of garbled sound) and looks for a new term to describe Pentecost, he has his choice of several that have been coined usingxeno (“foreign”) as a prefix (xenoglossolalia, orxenolalia, or xenoglossie —; all meaning “speaking in foreign languages”).
	enrichmentjournal.ag.org /200501/200501_Glossolalia_4.cfm (5170 words)

	Glossolalia: Possible Origins
		"Glossolalia (i.e., speaking in tongues) is vocalization that sounds languagelike but is devoid of semantic meaning or syntax.
		For example, both ethnographic observations and experimental findings indicate that glossolalia can occur in the absence of kinetic activity, disorientation, and other purported indexes of trance, and that experienced glossolalics do not differ from nonglossolalic controls on measures of absorption in subjective experience and hypnotic susceptibility.
		Glossolalia, therefore, seems likely to be a type of learned behavior rather than a special altered state of mind.
	www.science-frontiers.com /sf051/sf051p15.htm (308 words)

	Chapter 1
		Glossolalia, a Greek word that simply means tongues-speaking or speaking with tongues, was one of the miraculous gifts (Greek: charisma) of the spirit prevalent in the Church during the time of the Apostles.
		The fact that the current usage of tongues largely ignores these two basic New Testament rules tends to cause this version of glossolalia to be suspect in the minds of many sincere Christians.
		Disconcerting things are heard in charismatic circles, such as; non-charismatic Christians are not to be raptured but left to endure the "seven-year tribulation." Another example is the following quotation from an address given at the Presbyterian Charismatic Conference by George MacLeod, former moderator of the Church of Scotland and member of the House of Lords.
	bible411.com /glossolalia (1866 words)

	Biblical Glossolalia - Thesis 3
		Theses 1 and 2 contended that glossolalia is inaccessible to worldly comprehension because of its holiness, its “from heaven” dimension, and its inextricable connection with the glorified Jesus, and that in its inception and continuation the Pentecostal experience of the Spirit glorifies Jesus.
		Glossolalia began to be manifested in history at a specific, datable point in time.
		It yet remains to inquire with reference to glossolalia as to whether it is paralleled today, or ever in the history of the world, in the speech of those who are mentally ill. Human speech is at the top of the indicia of rationality.
	enrichmentjournal.ag.org /200501/200501_Glossolalia_3.cfm (3301 words)

	Zulluwth - Glossolalia
		Glossolalia as an experiential aspect of the salvation and blessing of God is without doubt exponentially much more profound than a reading of Scripture might suggest and likewise difficult at best to describe.
		Since the act of glossolalia involves or represents a unity of the speaker's spirit with the Spirit of God in the utterance, glossolalia is consistent with Yahweh's intention in turning to the people a pure language.
		While glossolalia on the one hand serves as a sign to the unbeliever and to edify the believer, prophecy is meant to serve the believer to convince and judge the unbeliever or unlearned through the manifesting of the person's heart's secrets.
	home.sprynet.com /~jbwwhite/tung1.html (18520 words)

	The Glossolalia Movement of Today
		Glossolalia today has another meaning entirely, nor should it be associated with the Pentecostal Church, either.
		The "interpretation" of the various utterances of glossolalia is not the same for all speaking it; there is no similarity whatsoever between interpretation given.
		Studies of this new movement of glossolalia also indicate that the persons involved are seeking a different religious experience, for they are not finding satisfaction in their churches.
	www.orthodoxphotos.com /readings/HS/glossolalia.shtml (925 words)

	GLOSSOLALIA AND PROPHETEIALALIA: A STUDY OF 1 CORINTHIANS 14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		"Glossolalia is a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while propheteialalia is not for unbelievers but for believers." This statement must be understood as a straw man which Paul sets up for the purpose of knocking it down.
		It is entirely incorrect to assert on the basis of verse 22 that glossolalia affects unbelievers 13 and propheteialalia affects believers, for it was precisely this error that Paul's illustrations sought to correct in the thinking of the Corinthians.
		Glossolalia, however, has to be "interpreted" to be understood, at which time it ceases by definition to be glossolalia.
	wesley.nnu.edu /wesleyan_theology/theojrnl/06-10/10-2.htm (3633 words)

	Wikinfo \| Glossolalia
		Glossolalia comprises the utterance of what appears (to the casual listener) either as an unknown foreign language, or as simply nonsense syllables; the utterances sometimes occur as part of religious worship (religious glossolalia), and sometimes as a result of mental illness.
		Many conservative Pentecostal (and other) Christians maintain that if the glossolalia does not manifest an actual human language, then it is not a genuine manifestation of the Holy Spirit.
		Other Christians hold that this religious glossolalia comprises, at least in some cases, bona fide language inspired by the Holy Spirit: utterances in a language usually unknown to both the speaker and to the listeners.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Glossolalia (488 words)

	GLOSSOLALIA AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY PENTECOSTAL CLAIM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Given the initial Pentecostal understanding for the purpose of glossolalia, the speaker of the utterance quite naturally felt God was issuing a call to take the Pentecostal to the country of the language which had been spoken.
		However, it removes glossolalia from the realm of known human languages and places it in the arena of the language of faith.
		Far from proving to be the "passing fad" that early opponents predicted, its presence and practice have become the norm for an ever-increasing percentage of Christendom.
	wesley.nnu.edu /wesleyan_theology/theojrnl/31-35/31-1-05.htm (4681 words)

	Glossolalia (Tongues) and 1 Corinthians 14
		Although Glossolalia is a very ancient practice it is still practiced nowadays in many religions, especially those where one seeks contact with the spirit world (witchcraft/shamanism, voodoo) or a mystical union with the "All".
		This doctrine was based on a generalization of three cases of foreign languages miraculously spoken at Pentacost, at the conversion of the first pagans and at the conversion of the disciples of John the Baptist, as recorded in the book of Acts.
		Glossolalia is a practice where reason and understanding are "switched off" and is therefore a sin against the greatest commandment.
	www.apologetique.org /en/rticles/neomontanism/BDG_glossolalia_en.htm (4243 words)

	Steve Walsh - Glossolalia reviewed by The House of Shred (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		As a matter of fact, Glossolalia takes you on a magical journey deep inside the mind and soul of Steve Walsh.
		Glossolalia is the most intense, most theatrical thing Steve Walsh has ever done and it showcases an experimental side of Walsh's creativity that was previously untapped.
		Glossolalia is Steve Walsh's Magnum Opus (pun intended) and the work of a musical genious.
	www.houseofshred.com /reviews/walsh_glossolalia.htm (574 words)

	Glossolalia
		glossolalia consists of strings of meaningless syllables made up of sounds taken from those familiar to the speaker and put together more or less haphazardly....
		Glossolalia is language-like because the speaker unconsciously wants it to be language-like.
		In charismatic Christian communities glossolalia is sacred and referred to as "speaking in tongues" or having "the gift of tongues." In Acts of the Apostles, tongues of fire are described as alighting on the Apostles, filling them with the Holy Spirit.
	www.meta-religion.com /Linguistics/Glossolalia/glossolalia.htm (331 words)

	Snow Crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stephenson speculates in Snow Crash that early Sumerian culture used a primordial language which could be interpreted by human beings through the deep structures of the brain, rendering the learning of what he refers to as "acquired languages" needless.
		Stephenson relates this theoretical language to glossolalia—also known as the phenomenon of "speaking in tongues"—stating that the babbling of glossolalia is in truth the primordial language.
		A comparison is made to computers and their binary machine code, which exists on a much more basic level than, for example, the human-readable, high-level programming languages, and as such gives those with the ability to speak the language great power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Snow_Crash (2110 words)

	Speaking In Tongues: An Orthodox Perspective
		Specifically, Corinthian Glossolalia was an activity of the Holy Spirit coming upon a person and compelling him to external expressions directed to God, but not understood by others.
		In Pentecost Glossolalia, while speaking in several different tongues, both the speaker and the listener understood what was uttered.
		The Glossolalia manifested in Corinth was the utterance of words, phrases, sentences, etc., intelligible to God but not to the person uttering them.
	www.goarch.org /en/ourfaith/articles/article7112.asp (1328 words)

	Gift of Prophecy Research - Glossolalia
		Below is a bibliography that relates to glossolalia and prophecy.
		Murray W Dempster, "The Church's Moral Witness: A Study of Glossolalia in Luke's Theology of Acts," Paraclete 23 (1989): 1-7.
		Cyril Glyndwr Williams, "Glossolalia As a Religious Phenomenon: "Tongues" at Corinth and Pentecost," Religion 5 (1975).
	www.giftofprophecy.com /glossolalia.htm (1354 words)

	Speaking in Tongues (Glossolalia) Is a Gift of God For You Today!
		Historically, speaking in a tongue (glossolalia) by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit was common among Christians in the first-century Church, then seemed to fade out gradually in succeeding centuries.
		By the early 21st century, speaking in tongues (the theological term is glossolalia) — that is, languages unknown to the speaker, given by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit —; had become broadly if not universally accepted within worldwide Christianity.
		Remember that, although the language may or may not be understood by listeners, in all instances recorded in Scripture, the tongue being spoken was supernaturally given to the speaker by the Holy Spirit and was not understood by the one speaking.
	www.jimfeeney.org /speakingintongues.html (3531 words)

	Glossolalia
		The term glossolalia is derived from the Greek glossa, "tongue" and lalia, "to talk." The phenomenon is not just a single utterance of strange words but a recurrence of such utterances as in a series.
		The first occurrence of the apostles speaking in tongues, or glossolalia, is Biblically recorded in the Book of Acts 2:4, as happening on Pentecost.
		It is recorder "they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." The phenomenon may also be called possession by the Spirit.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/g/glossolalia.html (668 words)

	GLOSSOLALIA
		In publishing Glossolalia five years after it was written, I must provide a few words of clarification.
		It would be absolutely incorrect to see in Glossolalia a theory intended to prove something to someone.
		Glossolalia is an improvisation on several sound themes; just as these themes develop phantasies of sound-images inside of me, so do I lay them out; but I know that behind the figurative subjectivity of my improvisations is concealed their beyond-the-figurative, non-subjective root.
	community.middlebury.edu /~beyer/gl/glossenglish/glosseng.html (6782 words)

	The Linguistics of Glossolalia (Speaking in Tongues) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The aim of this project is to produce a linguistic analysis of glossolalia, commonly called 'speaking in tongues'.
		The aim of this project is therefore to determine what the mind is doing when it produces glossolalia.
		We are interested in data from people with a variety of ages, backgrounds, and experience in speaking glossolalia.
	ling.rutgers.edu /~delacy/projects (237 words)

	Position Paper Concerning the IMB Policy on Glossolalia - International Mission Board, SBC
		Note: This paper has not been adopted by the board of trustees and is primarily the work of several experienced trustees with the final edit being made by the chairman of the board.
		There is no linguistic or historical or contextual justification for the idea that the glossolalia of Acts and Corinth are different.
		The policy on glossolalia adopted by the IMB was the result of over two and one-half years of discussion and study.
	www.imb.org /core/story.asp?storyID=3839&LanguageID=1709 (2040 words)

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