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Exploring mysticism : a methodological essay (Trawas)

"Until less than a century ago, the two prevailing views of dreams as well as of souls were that they are inconsequential (the scientific view) or of divine origin (the religious view). In either case it was assumed that they cannot be objects of rational inquiry. Similar views still prevail regarding mystical experiences and mysticism in general. Modern opinion, whether friendly or hostile, holds that the mystical falls squarely within the domain of the irrational. Mr. Staal argues that mysticism can be studied rationally, and that without such study no theory of mind is complete. He exposes the grounds for the belief that mysticism cannot be studied, and shows them to be prejudices issuing from a particular historical development. While his contention has unflattering implications for the contemporary study of the humanities in general, it reveals in particular that existing academic approaches to the study of mysticism, even those that appear sound, are in fact inadequate. This conclusion applies to a variety of dogmatic inquiries and, as becomes, clear in these pages, to philological, historical, phenomenological, Sociological, physiological and psychological ones as well."--Amazon.com

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

291. 42 Sta e

Penerbit

Berkeley : University Of California Press., 2001

Deskripsi Fisik

xix, 230 pages, 23 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0520027264

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unmediated

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Subjek

Mysticism -- Study and teaching

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I. The Alleged irrationality of mysticism 1. Christian irrationalism 2. Buddhist irrationalism 3. Modern irrationalism 4. Appearance and reality II. How not to study mysticism 5. Dogmatic approaches 6. Philological and historical approaches 7. Phenomenological and sociological approaches 8. Physiological and psychological approaches III. How to study mysticism 9. Effort, doubt, and criticism 10. Prerequisites and methods 11. The Guru 12. Drugs and powers 13. Superstructures 14. Mysticism and religion

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Frits Staal

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