Mystical knowledge: anthropology and language
The Figurativeness of the Language of Mystical Experience January 1, 2021 DOI: 10.5817/cz.muni.p210-9997-2021-1 (opens in new tab)
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractMystical experience cannot be reduced to a private, internal event. The revelation of Mystery within a person compels understanding and communication, revealing layers that transform the experience into something shared. This generates two forms of language: written language, with its creative and distinctive features, and anthropological language, expressed through the subject's transformed way of life.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Key finding | Argues that mystical experience inherently involves a communicative dimension expressed through written and anthropological language. |
Abstract
The mystical experience is not something reducible simply to the private experience sphere. The force of the Mystery that is revealed in the subject opens up to the need to understand and communicate that experience. This helps us to perceive the levels inherent to the mystical experience until it transforms into communication. And so, we speak of two ways of language linked to the mystical experience: written language, with its peculiarities and creative connotations, and anthropological language, communicable through the experienced transformation and the way of life of the subject.