Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques: A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary View
Tomer Persico
Religions July 13, 2022 DOI: 10.3390/rel13070648 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that the comparative study of mysticism and meditation is hindered by the absence of a basic typology, and proposes phenomenological typological tools—four types of mystical experience and five characteristics of meditative techniques—developed in a prior monograph on the Jewish meditative tradition, illustrating their use in analyzing variations between earlier and contemporary Jewish mystics. |
Abstract
The field of mystical and meditative research lacks a basic typology delineating the varied genres and characteristics of the mystical experience and of the meditative practices that may be correlated to those. Such a state hinders the comparative study of mysticism and meditation through different philosophical, religious and spiritual traditions, or along the chronological development in a single tradition. In this article, I introduce phenomenological typological tools developed in a previous monograph dealing with the Jewish meditative tradition and illustrate how these can be used to analyze the adjustments and the variations between previous and contemporary Jewish mystics, through examining the four different types of mystical experience and five different characteristics of meditative techniques.
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