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unitive

unitive

9.9
Relating to a spiritual feeling of being one with a higher power
  • adjective
  • /ˈjuːnɪtɪv/
  • Literature
translation icon : unitivo
  • Her showings are a hymn to the unitive love of God, which will not allow God's creation to be lost in spite of sin.
  • unitive experience
  • mystical and unitive
  • spiritual and unitive

One are what are called the classic psychedelics, and those are the ego dissolving sort of merged into unitive states.

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Examples

  • Many spiritual traditions emphasize achieving a unitive state as the ultimate goal of their practices.

  • The contemplative process is ultimately a reconciliation with, not an alienation from, creatureliness, from the life of the body in time: Teresa considered it one of the marks of the unitive state that one no longer wished for death.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Also, there appears to be some unitive force.

  • Underhill's final stage is the Unitive Life.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Finally, Westerners being trained in shamanic practices may report unitive experiences.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Although Lonergan does not cite Poulain explicitly in "Folder 18," he does retain a consideration of the "phenomena of the unitive way."

    Academic text (2001)

  • Simply to return to a unitive experience is often enough: "We don't need to call it Buddhism—or Dharma or Gaia."

    Academic text (1994)

  • The philosopher believed that meditation can lead to a unitive experience with the divine.

  • In her writings, she often described moments of unitive love that connected her deeply with creation.

Synonyms

mystical
vsunitive
106 7.1

Having a spiritual quality that feels beyond normal understanding

is about spiritual union with a higher power rather than general mystery
mystic
vsunitive
35 8.1

Having a strong spiritual quality or seeming mysterious

is focused on union with a sacred presence rather than private experience
divine
vsunitive
23 6.5

Seeming to come from God or a higher power

is about mystical union with a sacred presence rather than providential origin
supernal
vsunitive
  • Literature
1 9.9

Having a beautiful, heavenly look or sound that feels holy

is about spiritual union with a sacred presence rather than general heavenly quality

How Unifying

unitive
  • Literature
9.9
unifying
4 3.7
conciliatory
20 7.7
divisive
92 6.8

Surface Forms

unitive positive

Morphology

unitive = unite (semi-transparent) = unite + ive

The morphological formation is regular, but the specialised mystical sense (union with the divine) is a narrower, domain-specific extension of 'unite'.

Etymology

Unitive comes from the root uni- or unit meaning 'one', the same root in union and unity. In spiritual use, a unitive experience is about feeling 'one' with the divine or the whole, which is why the word describes mystical union.