"Slain in the Spirit" is a term used in charismatic Christianity to describe a religious behaviour in which an individual falls to the floor. This usually happens during an event they perceive as a personal encounter with the Holy Spirit, often associated with the practice of laying on of hands.
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Famous quotes containing the words slain and/or spirit:
“For the soul of Philip Sparrow
That was late slain at Carrow,
Among the Nunnes Black.”
—John Skelton (1460?–1529)
“Let Love step down,
open the clasped hands,
forfeit the thorny crown,
retrieve the garment
that was whole,
body and spirit one, spirit and soul.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)