The unity of mystical traditions: the transformation of consciousness in Tibetan and German mysticism
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Main Author: Studstill, Randall (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2005
Series:Studies in the history of religions 107
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index
Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction: A Mystical Pluralist Theory of Mysticism; Chapter Two A Critique Of Constructivism; Chapter Three An Alternative Methodology: A Systems Approach To Consciousness; Chapter Four Doctrine and Practice in the Dzogchen Tradition; Chapter Five Doctrine And Practice In German Mysticism; Chapter Six Mystical Pluralism, Systems Theory, and the Unity of Mystical Traditions; Appendix A Defining 'Mysticism' and 'Mystical Experience'; Appendix B Remarks On Essentialist and Typological Approaches to Mysticism
The book supports an ecumenical theory of mysticism through a comparative analysis of Tibetan Dzogchen and German mysticism. Using a systems model of consciousness as an interpretive framework, it shows how the distinct doctrines and practices of these two traditions function in parallal, equally transformative ways
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 304 p.)
ISBN:1433707128
900414319X
9047407210
9781433707124
9789004143197
9789047407218

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