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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807272003321

Titolo

The innate capacity : mysticism, psychology, and philosophy / / edited by Robert K.C. Forman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-773961-X

1-280-47034-8

0-19-535368-4

0-585-27046-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Altri autori (Persone)

FormanRobert K. C

Disciplina

291.422

Soggetti

Mysticism - Psychology

Mysticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

This text is an important contribution that advanced the discussion of a fundamental issue in the comparative study of religions.