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According to Harmless, "for James there was nothing inherently theological in or about mystical experience", and felt it legitimate to separate the mystic's experience from theological claims.Harmless notes that James "denies the most central fact of religion", namely that religion is practiced by people in groups, and often in public.He also ignores ritual, the historicity of religious traditions, and theology, instead emphasizing "feeling" as central to religion.