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UNINA9910778719003321 |
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Titolo |
The innate capacity : mysticism, psychology, and philosophy / / edited by Robert K.C. Forman |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-773961-X |
1-280-47034-8 |
0-19-535368-4 |
0-585-27046-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mysticism - Psychology |
Mysticism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; ONE: Introduction: Mystical Consciousness, the Innate Capacity, and the Perennial Philosophy; TWO: Discriminating the Innate Capacity: Salvation Mysticism of Classical Sāmkya-Yoga; THREE: Parables of Deconstruction in the Lotus Sutra; FOUR: Between the Yes and the No: Ibn al-'Arabī on Wujud and the Innate Capacity; FIVE: Mysticism, Mediation, and Consciousness: The Innate Capacity in John Ruusbroec; SIX: The Innate Capacity: Jung and the Mystical Imperative; SEVEN: The Swami and the Rorschach: Spiritual Practice, Religious Experience, and Perception |
EIGHT: William James and the Origins of Mystical Experience; NINE: Innate Mystical Capacities and the Nature of the Self; TEN: Postconstructivist Approaches to Mysticism |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A sequel to Forman's collection ""The Problem of Pure Consciousness"" (OUP, 1990). The scholars in this book put forward a hypothesis about the cause of mystical, or ""pure consciousness"" experiences. They look at mystical experience as manifested in a variety of religious and cultural settings. |
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