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Blackfriars, 1957
Professor Zaehner’s new book is most timely, and—to anybody with any interest in the subject, from whatever point of view—quite absorbing. It is also a pioneer work, for although the study of ‘comparative mysticism’ is not totally new, the little that has hitherto been written about it has been mainly from an a priori standpoint with little regard for ...
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Professor Zaehner’s new book is most timely, and—to anybody with any interest in the subject, from whatever point of view—quite absorbing. It is also a pioneer work, for although the study of ‘comparative mysticism’ is not totally new, the little that has hitherto been written about it has been mainly from an a priori standpoint with little regard for ...
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Mysticism and the Problems of Mystical Literature
Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, 1976In both its philosophical and artistic reference, "mysticism" is notoriously an abused term. Used irresponsibly, it has served rationalists as a pejorative synonym for superstition, for vague or irrational thought, for dreaminess. It has been adopted by journalists to identify Theosophy and other bastard cults of even less integrity, and has too often ...
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The Psychoanalytic Review, 2001
Psychoanalysis is officially nonmystical or antimystical. It sticks pins in mystical bubbles. It understands mystical states as remnants of infantile experience, expressions of primitive drives and structures. Yet—as with so much in life—there are complexities and countertendencies.
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Psychoanalysis is officially nonmystical or antimystical. It sticks pins in mystical bubbles. It understands mystical states as remnants of infantile experience, expressions of primitive drives and structures. Yet—as with so much in life—there are complexities and countertendencies.
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Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2015
Is there a world of mathematics above and beyond ordinary reality, as Plato proposed? Or is mathematics a cultural construct? In this short article we speculate on the place of mathematical reality from the perspective of the mystical cosmologies of the ancient traditions of meditation, psychedelics, and divination.
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Is there a world of mathematics above and beyond ordinary reality, as Plato proposed? Or is mathematics a cultural construct? In this short article we speculate on the place of mathematical reality from the perspective of the mystical cosmologies of the ancient traditions of meditation, psychedelics, and divination.
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Mystics' Critiques of Mystical Experience
Revue de l'histoire des religions, 2004Lorsque les mystiques critiquent l'expérience mystique Les études existantes sur le mysticisme ont souligné la place tenue par l' "expérience" dans l'écriture et la pratique mystiques. Cependant, l'examen de textes issus de traditions mystiques differentes montre que plusieurs auteurs mystiques étaient réservés sur la poursuite de cette ...
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On the Mystical Rejection of Mystical Illuminations
Religious Studies, 1966A considerable part of mystical literature deals with, or reports on, experiences that are of a cognitive and not merely of an emotive nature. Information is alleged to have been received not only from higher spheres but also about these higher spheres.
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2003
The scholarly study of religious mysticism is a vast and complex area of research, embracing studies from numerous disciplines. This volume contains a variety of psychological perspectives. The majority of these focuses on mystical phenomena within Christianity, but some contributors also deal with mysticism in non-Christian traditions.
van Belzen, J.A., Geels, A.
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The scholarly study of religious mysticism is a vast and complex area of research, embracing studies from numerous disciplines. This volume contains a variety of psychological perspectives. The majority of these focuses on mystical phenomena within Christianity, but some contributors also deal with mysticism in non-Christian traditions.
van Belzen, J.A., Geels, A.
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The mystic way or the mystic ways?
2006If Spener was frequently caught between prudence and the desire to tap sources of religious vitality on the one hand, and what could in practice be kept within the bounds of the Protestant establishments on the other, the problem was even more acute for his protege and disciple, August Hermann Francke (1663–1727).
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On St Teresa of Avila’s mysticism: epilepsy and/or ecstasy?
Brain, 2022Gilles Huberfeld +2 more
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