Mysticism: The Common Foundation of World Religion
A unique feature of this book is its in-depth analysis of &"empowerment,&" an important phenomenon ignored by most scholars of mysticism.
Remaining a classic in its field, this book explains first how mysticism relates to such things as vitalism, theology psychology, symbolism and magic.
This classic work by D.T. Suzuki, the man who brought Zen Buddhism to the West, is a book that challenges and inspires; it should benefit readers of all persuasions who seek to understand something of the nature of spiritual life.
A unique feature of this book is its in-depth analysis of "empowerment," an important phenomenon ignored by most scholars of mysticism.
239; and Paul R. Steinmetz, S.J., Pipe, Bible and Peyote Among the Oglala Lakota, rev. ed. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1990), pp. 183–84. 4. DeMallie, Sixth Grandfather, p. 239. 5. See Steinmetz's description of what he ...
On the last of these antitheses, the “wilderness that is more delicious, sweet, and lovely, the more it is wide, vast, and empty,” I cannot resist quoting, as a gloss upon the dignified language of the Spanish mystic, the quaint and ...
Modern approaches explored by psychologists like Jung and Maslow, and the contemporary search for mystical love make this a necessary book for people who want to understand the spiritual path.
In Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist Suzuki compares the teachings of the great Christian mystic Meister Eckhart with the spiritual wisdom of Shin and Zen Buddhism.
DIVClassic introduction to mysticism and mystical consciousness: awakening of the self, purification, voices and visions, ecstasy and rapture, dark night of the soul, much more. /div