Mysticism and Its Cultural Expression: An Inquiry into the Description of Mystical Experience and Its Ontological and Epistemological Nature  

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Torchinov, Evgeny

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies vol. 22 (2003), page 40-46.
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The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the nature and ontological and epistemological significance of differences observed in how various cultural traditions describe and explain such experiences. After an initial consideration of definitional issues, the article focuses on the arguments supporting and challenging the idea of mystical experience being a universal phenomenon and a vehicle for true knowledge. The article also examines the problem of the unity of the mystical experience as a definite state of consciousness and the multiplicity of its sociocultural and civilizational expressions and descriptions conditioned by different cultural and historical factors.

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