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Miklos Vassanyi (Ed.) - The Immediacy of Mystical Experience in the European Tradition - 9783319450674 - V9783319450674
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The Immediacy of Mystical Experience in the European Tradition

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Description for The Immediacy of Mystical Experience in the European Tradition Hardback. Editor(s): Vassanyi, Miklos; Sepsi, Eniko. Series: Sophia Studies in Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures. Num Pages: 274 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSB; HRA; HRCS1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 631.
This volume examines mystical experiences as portrayed in various ways by authors such as philosophers, mystics, psychoanalysts, writers, and peasant women. These mystical authors have, throughout the ages, attempted to convey the unsayable through writings, paintings, or oral stories. The immediate experience of God is the primary source and ultimate goal of these mystical expressions. This experience is essentially ineffable, yet all mystical authors, either consciously or unconsciously, feel an urge to convey what they have undergone in the moments of rapture. At the same time they are in the role of intermediaries: the goal of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Sophia Studies in Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures
Condition
New
Weight
631g
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319450674
SKU
V9783319450674
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About Miklos Vassanyi (Ed.)
Miklos Vassanyi holds a Doctoral Degree in Philosophy from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He has published a book on the history of the anima mundi theory with Springer. He is Head of the Department for General Humanities at the Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest. Eniko Sepsi holds a Doctoral Degree in ... Read more

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