Can Mystical Peace Contribute to Global Peace?
Peter Chong-Beng Gan
Peace and Conflict Studies 2019 DOI: 10.46743/1082-7307/2019.1498 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 3 |
| Key points | Argues that mystical peace, together with principal features of the mystical life, provides distinctive means for initiating and building peace in the world. These means, the author proposes, rest on traits of mysticism such as infinity, all-encompassingness, ultimacy, and paradox. |
Abstract
Testimonial reports of mystics highlight an experience of peace in the midst of their mystical encounters, despite claiming that these encounters resist description. What I intend to do is to explore ways in which mystical peace, in combination with several principal features of the mystical life, is able to afford some special means in the initiation and building of peace in the world. These special or unique means rest on the distinctive traits of what mysticism harbors; traits such as infinity, all-encompassingness, ultimacy, and paradox.