Mysticism and Religious Experience
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion September 2, 2009 Jerome Gellman
Abstract In modern usage, “mysticism” refers to mystical experience and to practices, discourse, institutions, and traditions associated therewith. The term “mystical experience” enjoys a great variety of meanings, retaining some of that variety among philosophers. There is no choice but to stipulate meaning for the purposes of this article. A wide definition of “mystical experience” will be...