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Mysticism Demystified1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

James R. Horne
James R. Horne
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo
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Extract

Angel's declared purpose is to “demystify” mysticism by approaching it as we do ordinary phenomena, and his eventual conclusion is that mystical experiences are very similar to some of our everyday experiences. To demonstrate that, he provides us with three closely-argued chapters on, successively, the typology of mysticism, the reasons for mystical silence, and the relationship of mysticism to other experiences. Ultimately, he claims that mysticism need not be mysterious because all of us have quasi-mystical experiences (81).

Type
Critical Notices/Etudes critiques
Information
Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , Summer 1985 , pp. 291 - 296
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1985

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