Mystical experiences in the inner chapters of Zhuangzi
Open MIND October 1, 2012 Thomas John Mcconochie
"Mysticism" is a phenomenon which many sinologists have attributed to Zhuongzi. The problem is that they make this attribution in passing and without much reference to literature on the subject of mysticism itself. By analysing three specific examples of mystical experience in Zhuongzi and explicating them in terms of literature on mysticism, I provide a more explicit hermeneutic for the...