There is great danger associated with the habitual practice of religious daydreaming; '''mysticism''' may become a technique of [[reality]] avoidance, albeit it has sometimes been a means of genuine spiritual [[communion]]. Short seasons of retreat from the busy scenes of life may not be seriously dangerous, but prolonged [[isolation]] of [[personality]] is most undesirable. Under no circumstances should the trancelike state of [[vision]]ary consciousness be cultivated as a religious [[experience]].