A type of religious attitude (appearing in many guises and within many religions from antiquity onwards) emphasizing various practices – ascetic, contemplative, or other – for obtaining knowledge of and unification with God or spiritual reality by means not open to reason and not relying on dogma.
Mystics claim to achieve this knowledge or unification by experiences which have a favorable affective quality and cannot be put into words (they are ‘ineffable’); though it is claimed that mystics of widely differing traditions readily understand each other’s writings.
Source:
H L Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (1935); contains discussion of historical growth of mysticism, though in the service of Bergson’s own philosophy
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Alchemy & Mysticism
- 2.2 Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (English Subtitled)
- 2.3 The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism (Modern Library Classics)
- 2.4 Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness
- 2.5 The Mysticism of Sound and Music: The Sufi Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
- 2.6 The Art of Mysticism: Practical Guide to Mysticism & Spiritual Meditations (The Sacred Mystery Book 1)
- 2.7 Thomas Keating: A Rising Tide Of Silence
- 2.8 Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism
- 2.9 The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
- 2.10 In Conversation with the Mystic - Science & Mysticism
Videos
Alchemy & Mysticism
- Taschen
- Hardcover Book
- Roob, Alexander (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 576 Pages - 02/25/2014 (Publication Date) - TASCHEN (Publisher)
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (English Subtitled)
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Lena Stolze (Actor)
- --- (Director)
- English (Playback Language)
- English (Subtitle)
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism (Modern Library Classics)
- Modern Library
- McGinn, Bernard (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 592 Pages - 12/12/2006 (Publication Date) - Modern Library (Publisher)
Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Underhill, Evelyn (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 363 Pages - 04/03/2012 (Publication Date) - Dover Publications (Publisher)
The Mysticism of Sound and Music: The Sufi Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
- Shambhala Publications
- Khan, Hazrat Inayat (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 322 Pages - 09/03/1996 (Publication Date) - Shambhala (Publisher)
The Art of Mysticism: Practical Guide to Mysticism & Spiritual Meditations (The Sacred Mystery Book 1)
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Sarom, Gabriyell (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 141 Pages - 08/02/2018 (Publication Date)
Thomas Keating: A Rising Tide Of Silence
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Father Thomas Keating, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (Actors)
- Elena Mannes (Director) - Elena Mannes (Writer) - Peter C. Jones (Producer)
- English, Spanish (Playback Language)
- English, Spanish (Subtitles)
Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Govinda, Lama Anagarika (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 318 Pages - 10/31/2012 (Publication Date) - Martino Fine Books (Publisher)
The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
- Hampton Roads Publishing Company
- McColman, Carl (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 320 Pages - 08/01/2010 (Publication Date) - Hampton Roads Publishing (Publisher)
In Conversation with the Mystic - Science & Mysticism
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Sadhguru, David Eagleman (Actors)
- Isha Foundation (Producer)
- English (Playback Language)
- English (Subtitle)
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