Giovanni Nikolai Katzaroff

Dao, the Godhead, and the Wandering Way: Daoism and Eckhart’s Mystical Theology

Religions September 10, 2024 Giovanni Nikolai Katzaroff

In popular discourse, it is not uncommon to highlight the distinctiveness of systems of “Eastern thought” (e.g., Daoism) in contrast to so-called “Western” systems. However, there is an interesting congruence between Daoism and Meister Eckhart’s mystical theology, particularly in regard to the concepts of the Dao and the Godhead. Like the Dao, the Godhead is the “ground” of all being,...