Events Tagged: "transformation"

Gallo-Roman villa culture emerges - Celtic aristocrats adopt Roman lifestyle, wine production begins in Gaul, hybrid culture develops

Thegns become knights - Norman feudalism transforms Anglo-Saxon thegns into knights, similar military obligations but different legal status

Christina curls into ball like warm wax during prayer, body becomes unrecognizable sphere - springs back to shape after ecstasy

Christina plunges into baptismal font at Wellen - thereafter can better tolerate human odors and live among people

Black Death reaches England - kills third of population, labor shortage transforms society

Imugi dragon supports new dynasty - Korean chronicle records dragon omen supporting founding of Joseon Dynasty

Henry V becomes king - transforms from wild Prince Hal to pious warrior king

Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises published - Secret method for spiritual transformation through imagination - Four-week program creating total loyalty - Creates reproducible system for mystical experience

Portuguese introduce chili peppers to India - transforms Indian cuisine forever, spreads through Asia via trade routes

St. Teresa: Christ appears during prayer - 'From now on you shall not be concerned with human conversation, but only with angels' - 'Whoever has Me has everything'

St. Teresa writes 'Interior Castle' - masterpiece of mystical theology - Maps soul's journey to God - 'The soul is like crystal - God dwells in the center'

Barack Obama in Columbia, Missouri: 'We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America'