The Mystical Experience: with an Emphasis on Wittgenstein and Zen
Religious Studies December 1, 1976 Charles H. Cox, Jean W. Cox
Mysticism and the mystical experience seemingly play little or no part in our Western tradition. Certainly there is no mystical tradition in the West such as Zen Buddhism, nor is there any great understanding of or influence from the writings of Heraclitus, Spinoza, or the mystical passages in the early work of Wittgenstein. Mysticism has been generally misunderstood in the West, and it has...