Vision (spirituality)
In spirituality, a vision is something seen in a dream, trance, or ecstasy, especially a supernatural appearance that conveys a revelation.
Visions generally have more clarity than dreams, but traditionally fewer psychological connotations.
Entheogens (such as peyote) have traditionally assisted in the generation of visions among diverse cultures, as well as in modern western culture.
Prophecy is often associated with visions, though this is a very controversial topic. Examples of prophets who were believed to have visions are Ellen G. White (of Christianity) and Muhammad (of Islam).
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“At last a vision has been vouchsafed to us of our life as a whole. We see the bad with the good.... With this vision we approach new affairs. Our duty is to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil without impairing the good, to purify and humanize every process of our common life, without weakening or sentimentalizing it.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)