Speaking in tongues Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Non-Christian practice== Other religious groups have been observed to practice some form of theopneustic glossolalia. It is perhaps most commonly in [[Paganism]], [[Shamanism]], and other [[mediumistic]] religious practices.<ref name=Rose1997 /> In Japan, the [[Shinji Takahashi (religious leader)#God Light Association|God Light Association]] believed that glossolalia could cause adherents to recall past lives.<ref name="Shifting Paradigms and Mediating Me"/> Glossolalia has been postulated as an explanation for the [[Voynich manuscript]].<ref>{{Cite book|author=Gerry Kennedy, Rob Churchill|title=The Voynich Manuscript|location=London|publisher=Orion|year=2004|isbn=978-0752859965}}{{page needed|date=June 2020}}</ref> In the 19th century, [[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritism]] was developed by the work of [[Allan Kardec]], and the practice was seen as one of the self-evident manifestations of spirits. Spiritists argued that some cases were actually cases of [[xenoglossia]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page