# Alfred Tennyson — The Varieties of Religious Experience character guide

> Alfred Tennyson in The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tennyson

**First appearance:** 0016-lectures-xvi-and-xvii-mysticism

## Who they are

Poet quoted on mystical states of consciousness.

## In the story

### [Lectures XVI and XVII: Mysticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_varieties_of_religious_experience_se/chapters/lectures-xvi-and-xvii-mysticism)

Poet quoted on the feeling of having 'been here before' and mystical gleams.

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