Q&A: Mysticism Lectures – Definitions
Mysticism Lectures – Definitions
Question
In the English Wikipedia, the entry “Mysticism,” which corresponds to the Hebrew entry “mysticism,” speaks mainly about faith and religions. The entry mystical experience is a small section within the entry
Scholarly approaches to mysticism.
In Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/mysticism
it defines mysticism as:
the practice of religious ecstasies (religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness)
In the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mysticism/
they define it as:
‘Mysticism’ is best thought of as a constellation of distinctive practices, discourses, texts, institutions, traditions, and experiences aimed at human transformation, variously defined.
Answer
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