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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 pages)
• Disciplina: 291.422
• Soggetto topico: Mysticism - Psychology; Mysticism
• Altri autori: FormanRobert K. C
• 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: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The innate capacity
• ISBN: 0-19-773961-X; 1-280-47034-8; 0-19-535368-4; 0-585-27046-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778719003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II