CHALLENGES AND INFLUENCE OF THE “RHINE MYSTICISM” IN THE FORMATION OF A NEW EUROPEAN IDENTITY
Scientific notes of the National University "Ostroh Academy". Series: Philosophy June 27, 2024 Anna Rudnytska
The article examines the challenges of spiritual life in the late Middle Ages when people, unsatisfied with external ritualized expression, began searching for an individual «religious experience» that had an immediate, internal, and personal impact, the subject of which is God. This massive change in lifestyle to attain these «religious experiences» appears as a reflection of the gradual decay...