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(sometimes known as a spiritual experience, sacred experience,
or mystical experience) is a subjective experience in which an
individual reports contact with a transcendent reality, an
encounter or union with the divine. A religious experience is
most commonly known as an occurrence that is uncommon in the
sense that it doesn’t fit in with the norm of everyday
activities and life experiences, and its connection is with the
individual’s perception of the divine. Studying religious
experience objectively is a difficult task, as it is entirely a
subjective phenomenon. However, commonalities and differences
between religious experiences have enabled scholars to
categorize them for academic study  Many religious and mystical
traditions see religious experiences as real encounters with God
or gods, or real contact with other realities, while some hold
that religious experience is an evolved feat