Tradition
Christian mysticism
Overview
development of mystical practices and theory within Christianity
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So we stand once more before that problem of truth which confronted us at the end of the lectures on saintliness. You will remember that we turned to mysticism precisely to get some light on truth. Do mystical states establish the truth of those theological affections in which the saintly life has its root? In spite of their repudiation of articulate self‐description, mystical states in general assert a pretty…
William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
States what Christian mysticism is; the author is tied to Christian mysticism in the knowledge graph.
Now this same belief is at the basis of the rites which have just been observed. Of course, it is understood differently at the different moments of history when it is studied. For the Christian, it acts especially upon the soul: it purges it, ennobles it, spiritualizes it. For the Australian, it is the body over which it is efficient: it increases its vital energies; it makes its beard and hair grow; it toughens…
Émile Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
States what Christian mysticism is.
There is only one way in which one person can benefit another; and that is by assigning to him his proper nurture and motion. To the motions of the soul answer the motions of the universe, and by the study of these the individual is restored to his original nature.
Plato, Timaeus
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Philosophers who discussed Christian mysticism
- Simone Weil
- Meister Eckhart
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
- Henry Corbin
- Nicholas of Cusa
- Peter Abelard
- Blaise Pascal
- Rudolf Otto
- Semyon Frank
Related ideas
- Hellenistic philosophy
- Christian existentialism
- John Scotus Eriugena
- Christian humanism
- Jesus
- God in Christianity
- Francis of Assisi
- Greek language
- The Varieties of Religious Experience
- Gnosticism
- Gospel of John
- Gregory Palamas
- Gnosis
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Hesychasm
- Contemplation
- Italy
- India
- Insight
- Ancient Greek
- Mount Athos
- Agape
- John Calvin
- Jerome
Place in the tradition
Part of German philosophy.