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Autore |
Studstill Randall |
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Titolo |
The unity of mystical traditions [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of consciousness in Tibetan and German mysticism / / by Randall Studstill |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-86795-7 |
9786610867950 |
90-474-0721-0 |
1-4337-0712-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Collana |
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Numen book series, , 0169-8834 ; ; v. 107 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mysticism |
Mysticism - China - Tibet Autonomous Region |
Mysticism - Germany |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- A Mystical Pluralist Theory of Mysticism -- A Critique Of Constructivism -- An Alternative Methodology: A Systems Approach To Consciousness -- Doctrine and Practice in the Dzogchen Tradition -- Doctrine And Practice In German Mysticism -- Mystical Pluralism, Systems Theory, and the Unity of Mystical Traditions -- Defining ‘Mysticism’ and ‘Mystical Experience’ -- Remarks On Essentialist and Typological Approaches to Mysticism -- The Motivational Basis of Cognitive Confirmation -- Bibliography -- Index -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book argues that mystical doctrines and practices initiate parallel transformative processes in the consciousness of mystics. This thesis is supported through a comparative analysis of Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen (rdzogs-chen) and the medieval German mysticism of Eckhart, Suso, and Tauler. These traditions are interpreted using a system/cybernetic model of consciousness. This model provides a theoretical framework for assessing the cognitive effects of mystical doctrines and practices and showing how different doctrines and |
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