Working roster of organizing principles:

  • mode
  • medium
  • intention
  • activity
  • attention
  • content/qualia
  • supernatural agent
  • level of devotion
  • self-reference
  • bodily posture
  • physical environment
  • social context
  • sacred items
  • internal grace
  • physiological state effects
  • historical tradition

Working roster of organizing principles and examples of their categories:

  • mode
    • active vs. passive
    • expressive vs. receptive
  • medium
    • mental
    • affective
    • visual
    • vocal
    • musical
    • tactile
    • embodied
  • intention
    • blessing
    • petition
    • thanksgiving
    • praise
    • adoration
  • activity
    • recitation
    • absorptive gazing
    • internal monitoring
    • verbalizing
    • chanting
    • dancing
  • attention
    • interoceptive
    • exteroceptive
  • content/qualia
    • cataphatic
    • apophatic
  • supernatural agent
    • God
      • Father
      • Son
      • Holy Spirit
    • Mary
    • guardian angel
    • patron saint
  • level of devotion
    • latria
    • hyperdulia
    • dulia
  • self-reference
    • awareness
    • locus
    • boundary
    • volume
    • identity
    • value
  • bodily posture
  • physical environment
  • social context
  • sacred items
  • internal grace
    • recollection
    • revelation
    • consolation
    • quiet
    • union
    • zeal
  • physiological state effects
  • historical tradition
    • Rosary
    • Hesychasm
    • Centering
    • Psalms
    • Liturgy of the Hours
    • Gregorian chant

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