Not to disagree hugely, but I have heard one religious conversion (an enlightenment type experience) described in a way that fits with “takeover without holding power over someone”. Specifically this person described enlightenment in terms close to “I was ready to pack my things and leave. But the poison was already in me. My self died soon after that.”
It’s possible to get the general flow of the arguments another person would make, spontaneously produce those arguments later, and be convinced by them (or at least influenced).
Not to disagree hugely, but I have heard one religious conversion (an enlightenment type experience) described in a way that fits with “takeover without holding power over someone”. Specifically this person described enlightenment in terms close to “I was ready to pack my things and leave. But the poison was already in me. My self died soon after that.”
It’s possible to get the general flow of the arguments another person would make, spontaneously produce those arguments later, and be convinced by them (or at least influenced).