Although the ritual texts of prayers and visions communicate the concept of spiritual power, it is not words alone that convince the members of C&S of the reality of the Spirit and of its multiple meanings. It is when the power of the Holy Spirit possesses the bodies of the spiritualists that these understandings are underscored by personal experience. Although much has been written on spirit...
If the sister who received this message in a Sunday service was an experienced spiritualist, she might well seek this direction through her own dreams and visions. But she might also make a personal appointment with a visioner, who would put the problem before God in prayer, and offer revelatory guidance. Public revelation and private consultation are two aspects of the same process: visioners...