THE CATEGORY «THE ONE» AND A MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE. HERMENEUTIC STRATEGY OF AN INTERPRETATION OF A MYSTICAL TEXT
Doxa December 9, 2019 DOI: 10.18524/2410-2601.2019.1(31).186395 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mystical experience |
| Key points | Argues that if mystics had personal experience of The One, then The One cannot be other than what they themselves were, and that the category "The One" in a mystical text is to some extent an attempt at rational organization of subjective experiences. On this basis, the author proposes that mystical texts contain autobiographical elements, authorizing a biographical approach to interpreting them. |
Abstract
The article contains the result of the comparative analysis of henological and mystical texts. This paper considers «The One» category in its relationship with a mystical experience. The author raises the question of finding a strategy for more complete understanding of the meaning of «The One» category when working with mystical text. This work considers mystical text as a text that simultaneously contains both the revealed «truth» and the personal experience of the mystic. As a result of the research, the author comes to the conclusion that if mystics had personal experience of The One, then The One cannot but be that thing that they themselves were. To some extent, «The One» category in a mystical text is an attempt of rational organisation of subjective experiences. Accordingly, the mystical text contains elements of the autobiographical text, which in turn authorises the use of the biographical approach when working with mystical text.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on mystical experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious and Mystical Experiences as Artifacts of Temporal Lobe Function: A General Hypothesis | 1983 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Psychedelic Mystical Experience in the Human Encounter with Death | 1969 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Vectorial Cerebral Hemisphericity as Differential Sources for the Sensed Presence, Mystical Experiences and Religious Conversions | 1993 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The epistemic innocence of psychedelic states. | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mystical Experience and Religious Doctrine | 1982 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |