Mysticism and Experience

Twenty-First-Century Approaches

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Mysticism and Experience: Twenty-First-Century Approaches embarks on an investigation of the concept of mysticism from the standpoint of academic fields, including philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, mysticism studies, literary studies, art criticism, cognitive poetics, cognitive science, psychology, medical research, and even mathematics. Scholars across disciplines observe that, although it has experienced both cyclical approval and disapproval, mysticism seems to be implicated as a key foundation of religion, alon with the highest forms of social, cultural, intellectual, and artistic creations. This book is divided into four sections: The Exposure, The Symbolic, The Cognitive, and The Scientific, covering all fundamental aspects of the phenomenon known as mysticism. Contributors, taking advantage of recent advances in disciplinary approaches to understanding mystical phenomena, address questions of whether progress can be made to systemically enrich, expand, and advance our understanding of mysticism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-08-31
Mått162 x 232 x 28 mm
Vikt630 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor298
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498599375

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Preface Introduction: Unutterable Experiences of Consciousness Alteration PART I. THE EXPOSURE1.Manifestations of Shamanic Spirituality: Mongolia 1999, 2002Eva Jane Neumann Fridman2. Theoneurology: Bridging Hebrew Bible Prophecy and Clinical Psychedelic Drug Research Rick Strassman, MDPART II. THE SYMBOLIC3.Materializing the Symbolic in Paranormal ExperienceJess Hollenback4.Words and Images of a Transcendent Inner Mysterion: Mysticism in Contemporary Western Literature and ArtOri Z. SoltesPART III. THE COGNITIVE5.The Dao Flickering through Words: A Cognitive-Poetic Analysis of Dao-de Jing Sivan Wagshal Te’eni and Reuven Tsur6. Why Are Religious Experiences Ineffable? The Question of Mystical-Noetic KnowledgeLaura E. Weed7.Toward a Cognitive Psychology of Mystical ExperiencesHarry T. Hunt PART IV. THE SCIENTIFIC 8. Explanatory Mechanisms of Altered States of Consciousness: A Brief Overview Alex S. Kohav9.Mathematical Modeling of Cognitive Mechanisms of Meaning and the Spiritually Sublime Leonid I. Perlovsky10. Transcendent Knowledge-Claims and the Scientific Study of Mystical ExperiencesRichard H. Jones About the ContributorsIndex

Any person interested in mysticism will find this book of great value. Although writing about mystical experiences can be likened to “sending a kiss by mail,” there is much to be learned from the essays here. The book covers topics ranging from the anthropology of Mongolian shamanism to psychedelic drugs, symbolic aspects of mystical experiences and attempts to communicate such experiences, attempts to scientifically explain mystical states, and questions of the very possibility of such explanations. Important and provocative questions are raised: What sort of experiences count as “mystical?” Of the variety of such experiences, how can they be explained? Are there only physiological and psychological grounds or is there a transcendent reality that is contacted during mystical experiences? If a transcendent reality, how is it that it appears different to different people? How can such experiences be described if they are ineffable? And, what difference might there be between a mystical experience and the ordinary experience of our everyday world?