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2 unusual facts about Elan Vital


Élan vital

The notion of élan vital also had considerable influence on the psychiatrist and phenomenologist Eugène Minkowski and his own concept of a personal élan.

Elan Vital

Élan vital, a philosophical term coined by Henri Bergson roughly translated to vital impetus or force


Sant Mat

Prem Rawat and the Divine Light Mission (Elan Vital) are considered to be part of the Sant Mat tradition by J. Gordon Melton, Lucy DuPertuis, and Vishal Mangalwadi, but that characterization is disputed by Ron Geaves.


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