Cambridge University Press eBooks
August 28, 1992
Oliver Leaman
14 citations
Islamic philosophy makes a sharp distinction between different categories of believers. Some, and indeed most, believers follow Islam in an unquestioning and natural manner. They adhere to the legal requirements of the religion, carry out the basic rules concerning worship, pilgrimage, charity and so on, and generally behave as orthodox and devout Muslims. Some are more devout than others, and...
Anthropology of Consciousness
July 1, 1992
John R. Baker
The Gateway to Inner Space: Sacred Plants, Mysticism and Psychotherapy. Festschrift in Honor of Albert Hofmann. edited by Christian Rätsch, Bridport and Dorset, England: Prism Press. 1989. 258 pp. ISBN 1‐85327‐037‐7. $10.95 (paper).
Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement
March 1, 1992
Herbert McCabe
This title represents, I suppose, a kind of challenge; for there seems at first sight some incompatibility between the practice of logic and mysticism, a contrast between the rational and the intuitive, the tough minded and the tender-minded. In taking up this challenge, I propose to argue with the help of two thinkers commonly admired for their attention to logic and its rights. I shall refer...
Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement
March 1, 1992
Cyril Barrett
To talk of a logic of mysticism may sound distinctly odd. If anything, mysticism is alogical; it would be uncharitable if not false, on mature consideration, to call it illogical—though many, without due deliberation, might be tempted to use that term. Wittgenstein comes close to calling it illogical. In his lecture on ethics he draws attention to the logical oddity of statements of absolute...
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
July 1, 1991
Dermot Killingley
The Yogi and the mystic: studies in indian and comparative mysticism. Edited by Karel Werner. (Durham Indological Series 1.) pp. xv, 192. London, Curzon Press; Riverdale, Maryland, The Riverdale Company, 1989., £13.50. - Volume 1 Issue 2
Pacific Affairs
March 1, 1991
Arvind Sharma
11 citations
Embraces a wide range of aspects of Indian mysticism, displaying the structural patterns in mystical experiences and the mystic paths in different traditions and schools, while there are also significant contributions to comparative mysticism, Eastern and Western. First published in 1989.
Journal of Religion and Health
1991
Christopher M. Bache
6 citations
This study uses a model of consciousness derived from LSD-assisted psychotherapy to illumine an enigmatic set of painful experiences that occur on the mystic's path known in Western circles as the "dark night." It argues that the dark night experiences described in John of the Cross's classic workDark Night of the Soul can be conceptualized in terms of Stanislav Grofs category of "perinatal...
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
October 1, 1990
Peter Schreiner
Karel Werner (ed.): The Yogi and the Mystic: studies in Indian and comparative mysticism. (Durham Indological Series, no. 1.) xv, 192 pp. London: Curzon Press; Riverdale, Md.: The Riverdale Company, 1989. - Volume 53 Issue 3
The Problem of Pure Consciousness
March 29, 1990
Daniel C Matt
48 citations
Abstract There is allure and terror in mystical portrayals of nothingness: Eckhart’s Nichts, John of the Cross’s nada, the Taoist wu, the Buddhist sunyata. Despite appearances, these terms do not express an identical meaning since each mystic names the nameless from within a realm of discourse shaped by his own training, outlook, and language. My aim here is to trace the development of the...
The Problem of Pure Consciousness
March 29, 1990
Donald Rothberg
17 citations
Abstract What epistemologies and methodologies help us to understand the phenomena of mysticism? How do these epistemologies and methodologies clarify some aspects of these phenomena while obscuring or occluding other aspects? When we investigate mystical traditions, how and where do we look? Do we look only where we think there is more light to see? In this essay I would like to help open up...