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On Mysticism
The Experience of Ecstasy
Buch von Simon Critchley
Sprache: Englisch

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'Philosopher Simon Critchley's painstaking attempt to explore transcendent experience provides a fascinating overview of Christianity's great outliers' 'Book of the Day', Guardian

'A playful, profound new study of mysticism ... generous and animated' Brian Dillon

Mysticism is about existential ecstasy - an experience of heightening one's senses and self into a sheer feeling of aliveness. Mystical experiences offer us a practical way to open our thoughts and deepen the sense of our lives, whether through a mainstream connection to God or by taking part in mind-altering experiences.

Here, Simon Critchley explores the history and practice of mysticism, from its origins in Eastern and Western religion, through its association with esoteric and occult knowledge, and up to the ecstatic modernism of T.S. Eliot and others. Through a discussion of the lives of famous mystics, like Julian of Norwich and Jesus Christ, Critchley reveals how embracing the spectrum of mystical experience can refresh our thinking and help us live deeper and freer lives.

Philosophical and playful, analytical and inventive, On Mysticism is a definitive account of humanity's quest to understand the divine, and a call to thinkers everywhere to broaden our minds to life larger than our selves.

'Philosopher Simon Critchley's painstaking attempt to explore transcendent experience provides a fascinating overview of Christianity's great outliers' 'Book of the Day', Guardian

'A playful, profound new study of mysticism ... generous and animated' Brian Dillon

Mysticism is about existential ecstasy - an experience of heightening one's senses and self into a sheer feeling of aliveness. Mystical experiences offer us a practical way to open our thoughts and deepen the sense of our lives, whether through a mainstream connection to God or by taking part in mind-altering experiences.

Here, Simon Critchley explores the history and practice of mysticism, from its origins in Eastern and Western religion, through its association with esoteric and occult knowledge, and up to the ecstatic modernism of T.S. Eliot and others. Through a discussion of the lives of famous mystics, like Julian of Norwich and Jesus Christ, Critchley reveals how embracing the spectrum of mystical experience can refresh our thinking and help us live deeper and freer lives.

Philosophical and playful, analytical and inventive, On Mysticism is a definitive account of humanity's quest to understand the divine, and a call to thinkers everywhere to broaden our minds to life larger than our selves.

Über den Autor
Simon Critchley
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781800816930
ISBN-10: 1800816936
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Critchley, Simon
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Profile Books
Maße: 223 x 144 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Simon Critchley
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2024
Gewicht: 0,446 kg
Artikel-ID: 128661307
Über den Autor
Simon Critchley
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781800816930
ISBN-10: 1800816936
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Critchley, Simon
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Profile Books
Maße: 223 x 144 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Simon Critchley
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2024
Gewicht: 0,446 kg
Artikel-ID: 128661307
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