Speaking in tongues took a decline, by the medieval period most church authorities declared that the miracle of the practice was no longer possible. They said the miracle only existed in the times of the apostles.
Examples of deliberate possession include the Christian Charismatic's speaking in tongues, a Witch's "Drawing Down the Moon," or a Psychic's automatic writing.
The Enochian language has been the subject of much study over the years since Dee and Kelly and it has been shown to be a true language, unlike examples of glossolalia, the "Speaking in Tongues" of certain fundamentalists, ...
Glossolalia : The ability or phenomenon to utter words or sounds of a language unknown to the speaker, especially as an expression of religious ecstasy. Also called speaking in tongues. See xenoglossy.
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Many Christians believe the genuine gift of tongues to have been confined to earliest Christianity, and first came to the apostles at Pentecost, or the celebration seven weeks after Passover. Classic Pentecostal Christians see speaking in tongues ...
Departure: Relinquishing the Christian Mythos: Moving Toward Understanding
Psychohistorian . Psychology . Speaking in Tongues (Glossolalia) Blessing or Bullshit?
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 See also: Spirit, Spiritual, Ritual, Glossolalia, World
  
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