Whereas reason dominates feeling, mystical knowing does not “conquer” reason – it envelops it, embraces it, transcends it. Thus, mystical or spiritual intuition is integrative: It includes, while transcending, both reason and somatic feeling.

~ Christian de Quincey, “Radical Knowing: Understanding Consciousness through Relationship”

La Sal Mountains, Arches National Park, UT – photo by Dean Fikar, bigstockphoto.com