Phenomenology and Mysticism
2007 Anthony Steinbock
A phenomenological view of religious experience based on mysticism
Mysticism: all studies
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Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism
Liverpool University Press eBooks September 21, 2006 Menachem Kellner 16 citations
This book presents Maimonides against the religious background that informed his many innovative and influential choices. The book not only analyses the thought of the great religious thinker but contextualizes it in terms of the ‘proto-kabbalistic’ Judaism that preceded him. The book shows how the Judaism that Maimonides knew had come to conceptualize the world as an enchanted universe,...
Introduction Morality and Mysticism: Parallel or Intersecting Lines?
Venturing Beyond May 25, 2006 Elliot R. Wolfson
Abstract Before the correlation of mysticism and morality can be assessed properly, the meaning of each term must be addressed independently. I begin with a methodological disclaimer: as thinkers from various disciplines in social, cultural, and natural sciences have concurred, it is not humanly possible to inspect a universe of discourse circumspectly, for there is no Archimedean fulcrum point...
The phenomenon of self-sufficiency of the mystical-aesthetic experience: a place in understanding the similarity of Christianity, Taoism, religion of ancient Ukrainians and modern mysticism
Ukrainian Religious Studies February 14, 2006 Mykhailo G. Murashkin
The problem statement is that the understanding of the fullness as a certain state of consciousness is inherent not only in Christianity. An analysis of recent research on the subject involves the consideration of emptiness as fullness in Chinese mysticism. In view of this, the purpose of the article is to highlight the phenomenon of self-sufficiency and finding the similarity of Christianity,...
Is Rational Mysticism Compatible with Feminism? A critical examination of Plotinus and Kashani
UC Research Repository 2006 Elisabeth Jane Cooper
Plotinus (3rd century C.E.) and Afdal al-Din Kashani (12th century C.E.) each posit that the highest human goal is to become aware of the ultimate unity of reality. Both are rational mystics, and each describes a rigorous moral and intellectual training through which alone a human can achieve the goal. Seldom studied as a field in itself, rational mysticism offers a vision of philosophy that...
The Stages of Christian Mysticism and Buddhist Purification: Interior Castle of St Teresa of Ávila and the Path of Purification of Buddhaghosa
August 4, 2005 Lance S. Cousins 2 citations
Lance S.Cousins There have been many attempts to define or describe the nature of mystical experience: some have argued for a uniform mystical goal, others have asserted the uniqueness of some particular type of mystical experience, still others have sought to erect a hierarchy of stages or levels of mystical experience either within one religion or across the boundaries of traditions.1 No real...
INVITED ESSAY: Mysticism, Creativity, and Psychoanalysis: Learning From Marion Milner
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion April 1, 2003 Kelley A. Raab 3 citations
The article explores the relationship between mysticism and creativity from a psychoanalytic perspective. First, it first surveys prominent psychoanalytic perspectives on mysticism and creativity, situating British psychoanalyst Marion Milner among them. Milner suggests that the same psychological processes are involved in both creative expression and mystical experiences. A state of paradox,...
“Let Him Rejoice in the Roseate Light!”: Teaching Psychoanalysis and Mysticism
March 27, 2003 William Barclay Parsons 1 citation
Abstract In the present climate of fascination with mystical experience and spirituality, an informed grasp of the resurgent psychoanalytic theory of mysticism has become a desired end for those invested in teaching religion and psychological studies. Of course, the literature on this topic is rich and complex enough to be packaged for pedagogical purposes in diverse ways. What follows, then,...
Mysticism and Its Cultural Expression: An Inquiry into the Description of Mystical Experience and Its Ontological and Epistemological Nature
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies 2003 E. A. Torchinov
The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the nature and ontological and epistemological significance of differences observed in how various cultural traditions describe and explain such experiences. After an initial consideration of definitional issues, the article focuses on the arguments supporting and challenging the idea of mystical experience being a universal phenomenon and a...
Cosmology and Native North American Mystical Traditions
Théologiques October 2, 2002 John Grim 3 citations
Different indigenous nations in North America provide examples of mystical participation in the processes of creation. Some observers dismiss native communities as fragmented or romantically reimaged as "ecological Indians", yet, the tenacity of their religious insights deserve attention. Intellectually framed in images of interactions between specific peoples with particular geographical...
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