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Choice Reviews Online November 18, 2013 46 citations
Preface Contributors General Editor's Introduction, Steven T. Katz JUDAISM, edited by Moshe Idel CHRISTIANITY, edited by Bernard McGinn ISLAM, edited by Peter Awn HINDUISM, edited by Arvind Sharma BUDDHISM, edited by John Powers CONFUCIANISM AND DAOISM, edited by Livia Kohn NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITIONS, edited by John Grim
Warwick Research Archive Portal November 1, 2013 Leslie J. Francis
Since the pioneering work of William James at the dawn of the twentieth century, psychologists have been interested in the study of mysticism, with the consequence that mysticism is now the aspect of religious experience most adequately and most comprehensively discussed within the psychology of religion. The aims of this paper are threefold. First, attention is given to the detailed...
October 31, 2013 S. Vörös
The article considers whether, and how, current scientific studies of consciousness might benefit from insights of mystical traditions. Although considerable effort has been expanded towards introducing mysticism into mainstream cognitive science, the topic is still controversial, not least because of the multifariousness of meaning associated with the term (from "illogical thinking" through...
Theology and Science August 1, 2013 Wolfgang Achtner, Ulrich Ott
AbstractProtestantism has always been suspicious about a mystical encounter with the Divine. Although the early Luther was influenced by mystical writers like Johannes Tauler the subsequent dogmatic evaluation of mystical forms of religiosity remained ambiguous. Nevertheless the real nature of mystical experience is still unclear and therefore the dogmatic judgments about mystical encounters...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies July 1, 2013 Harry T. Hunt 1 citation
The writings of the French philosopher Georges Bataille offer their own contribution to the descriptive phenomenology of mystical and numinous states, as well as a version of the modern secular or this-worldly mysticism variously anticipated by Jung and Nietzsche, and a highly original sociology and social psychology of transpersonal experience, influenced by Max Weber, that helps to open an...
June 25, 2013 S. Samantaray
Mysticism is often accepted as a spiritual quest for the hidden truth or wisdom, the goal of which is union with the transcendent realm. Mystic experiences are said to be unique for each individual. Yet we find that there is a marked resemblance between the experiences of mystics, not merely of the same race or cult, but also of diverse social orders and religions. This paper discusses the...
Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy May 31, 2013 Carol Mastrangelo Bové
This essay focuses on Julia Kristeva’s recent volume Thérèse mon amour: Sainte Thérèse d’Avila (2008), describing and placing this blend of novel, play, psychoanalytic cultural theory, and case history in the context of her work. I argue that the volume contributes to an understanding of religion’s impact—especially Catholic mysticism--on Western categories of women. I address in particular...
University of Chicago Press eBooks March 29, 2013 Martina Urban
Buber regards hitlahavut as “the primal principle [Urprinzip] of Hasidic life.” Ekstase, Wonne (“bliss”), and Inbrunst (“fervor,” “ardor”) are synonyms employed to translate the term hitlahavut. Indeed, the words derived from the Hebrew root l-h-v (burning, flame, to be inflamed) evoke several of the central features attributed to Hasidic mysticism. Although hitlahavut “is the burning,” it is...
International Encyclopedia of Ethics February 1, 2013 W. Wainwright
The relation between mysticism and ethics is contentious. Albert Schweitzer, Arthur Danto, and others have argued that mystical consciousness and morality are incompatible. The dominant view is expressed by Steven T. Katz, however: “it is difficult to find any major mystical figures, or mystical traditions, that can be said to preach moral indifference; and certainly none preach immorality”...
2013 H. Hunt
While Michel Foucault is chiefly known for his historical relativism and his critique of modern institutional power over the individual, his late writings, as further extended by Pierre Hadot, centered on the post-Socratic spiritual practices of the experience of here and now presence or Being in the Stoics, Epicureans, and Cynics. For Foucault the positive, expansive self-actualization common...