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Author : Cuthbert Butler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Contemplation
ISBN : 9780710306623
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Glenn Alexander Magee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521734916
Mysticism and esotericism are two intimately related strands of the Western tradition. Despite their close connections, however, scholars tend to treat them separately. Whereas the study of Western mysticism enjoys a long and established history, Western esotericism is a young field. The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism examines both of these traditions together. The volume demonstrates that the roots of esotericism almost always lead back to mystical traditions, while the work of mystics was bound up with esoteric or occult preoccupations. It also shows why mysticism and esotericism must be examined together if either is to be understood fully. Including contributions by leading scholars, this volume features essays on such topics as alchemy, astrology, magic, Neoplatonism, Kabbalism, Renaissance Hermetism, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, numerology, Christian theosophy, spiritualism, and much more. This Handbook serves as both a capstone of contemporary scholarship and a cornerstone of future research.
Author : Arthur Versluis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0742558363
Provides overview, from antiquity onwards, on various Western religious esoteric movements. This book includes topics such as: alchemy, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy and more.
Author : Butler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136178894
A renewed interest in the spiritual, with an increasing number of people today wishing to incorporate the contemplative in their active lives, prompts the reissue of this classic work, a doctrine that is at once elevated and practical. The writings are meant to be studied from three distinct points of view: religious philosophy, material for the study of those states between mind and body such as ecstasy and trance, and for the sake of their mysticism. Drawn from the writings and teachings of Saint Augustine, Saint Gregory and Saint Bernard, the writings form a coordinated body of doctrine with what three great teachers of mystical theology in the Western Church have written concerning their own religious experience and the theories they based on it. In addition, the book discusses such important topics as speculative contemplation, what mysticism is, the characteristics of Western mysticism, the practical, and the contrasts between the contemplative and active lives. No student of mysticism can possibly afford to neglect a volume so full of valuable suggestions and real insight into spiritual conditions.
Author : Cuthbert Butler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725203501
Author : Arthur Edward Waite
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789128567
A truly modern path to the spirit as described by the author of this book does not imply alienation from the demands and requirements of everyday life, but rather enhances man’s ability to live that life more fully, earnestly and fruitfully. This development follows certain definite steps which have as their preliminary goal the harmonizing and balancing of the inner life in terms of objective, ultimate reality. Beyond this, the path opens out to a still higher attainment, culminating in that sublime, conscious oneness with the divine, described in writings of those men and women who have attained at least a first experience of this highest of all goals. This book was written in order to open before us the prospect of this goal, to outline at least the first steps on the path leading to it, and to introduce us to some of the human beings who have achieved noteworthy results in this quest, particularly in the Western World. In simple, straightforward language he outlines the ideals and practice of the spiritual life from the standpoint of the man of the West as he is today, a description entirely free of asceticism and the restrictions of theological dogma.
Author : Carl McColman
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506485782
With over 300 quotations, this book invites the reader to delve into the writings of the great contemplatives and mystics of the past two thousand years. The Little Book of Christian Mysticism provides a user-friendly, insightful, and potentially life-changing introduction to the essential teachings of the greatest mystics in the western wisdom traditions, past and present, including Francis of Assisi, Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Merton, Evelyn Underhill, Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Julian of Norwich. Readers can use this book to initiate themselves into this visionary and ecstatic spiritual lineage, and they can also use it as a book of daily meditations. Small enough to fit in one's pocket or handbag, this is truly a user-friendly introduction to this venerable body of wisdom.
Author : Mary Ann Bowman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Mysticism
ISBN : UOM:39015035127789
The study of human consciousness and its relationship to our lives and needs ahs aroused a great deal of interest in today's world. This interest extends into many areas of religion, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and literature. Part of this trend is a renewed interest in mysticism, most of which has been directed toward Oriental mysticism. However, many people are unaware of the rich and vital mystical tradition Western culture has to offer. The purpose of this bibliography is to help create a deeper awareness of Western mysticism. From the preface.
Author : Arthur Versluis
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438466330
Restores the Platonic history and context of mysticism and shows how it helps us understand more deeply the humanities as a whole, from philosophy and literature to art. In Platonic Mysticism, Arthur Versluisclearly and tautly argues that mysticism must be properly understood as belonging to the great tradition of Platonism. He demonstrates how mysticism was historically understood in Western philosophical and religious traditions and emphatically rejects externalist approaches to esoteric religion. Instead he develops a new theoretical-critical model for understanding mystical literature and the humanities as a whole, from philosophy and literature to art. A sequel to his Restoring Paradise, this is an audacious book that places Platonic mysticism in the context of contemporary cognitive and other approaches to the study of religion, and presents an emerging model for the new field of contemplative science. An important work on the mystical experience delving deep into its history, particularly from the Platonic perspective. An essential text for anyone interested in mysticism and its relationship to philosophy and creative expression. Andrew Newberg, author of How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain: The New Science of Transformation The present work, the latest from the pen of Arthur Versluis, provides a trenchant, learned, and illuminating analysis of the origins of Western mysticism in the Platonist tradition, relayed through such figures as Plotinus and Dionysius the Areopagite, down through Meister Eckhart and others, while suitably excoriating the attempts of certain modern philosophers and sociologists of religion to deconstruct it from a materialist perspective. I found it a rattling good read! John Dillon, author of The Heirs of Plato: A Study of the Old Academy (347274 BC)
Author : Rudolf Otto
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532608650
"This book attempts to penetrate the nature of that strange spiritual phenomenon which we call mysticism by comparing the two principal classic types of Eastern and Western mystical experience. By means of this comparison, and by explaining the individual features of one type by those of the other, the nature of mysticism itself becomes gradually more comprehensible." --From the Foreword
Author : Arthur Versluis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781461639879
Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Western Esoteric Traditions is a concise overview, from antiquity to the present, of all the major Western religious esoteric movements. Topics covered include alchemy, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy and many more. Magic and Mysticism is ideal for students of Mysticism and New Religious Movements, as well as for general readers of Metaphysics and Esoterica.
Author : Maria Jaoudi
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0809138239
Explores themes of transformation, wholeness, and healing as presented by both Eastern and Western mystics, and how their ideas parallel the global insights found in Hinduism, Taoism, Islam, and Buddhism.
Author : Cuthbert Butler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579107567
Author : S. Restivo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400970588
The problems I address in this book are among the least studied in the soci ology of science and knowledge. Part I is a critique of the claim that there are parallels between ancient mysticism and modern physics, and a sociological analysis of this claim as a strategy in intellectual conflict. This study must. ultimately be rooted more firmly in a: type of sociology of knowledge that is just now beginning to crystallize (and which I discuss in Chapter 7), and a sociology of religion that is not so much unknown as underground, and timid, that is, a non-worshipful materialist sociology of religion. My study of physics-mysticism parallelism is a vehicle for exploring epistemic strategies. I thus conclude Part I by sketching a materialist, emancipatory epistemic strategy. My conclusion brings together a number of ideas formulated by myself and others over the past several years, but stops short of a systematic synthesis. A more integrated and coherent "model" than what I can sketch here must wait on the results of research now in progress in the critical (as opposed to apologetic or worshipful) sociology of knowledge.
Author : Denise Lardner Carmody,John Tully Carmody,John Carmody
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0195088190
Defining the mystical experience in terms of a direct encounter with ultimate reality, an examination of the mystical experience as it has been found in six major world religions illuminates the lives and beliefs of each tradition's outstanding mystics. UP.