The innate capacity : mysticism, psychology, and philosophy / edited by Robert K. C. Forman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forman, Robert K. C., editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mysticism--Psychological aspects.

Mysticism.

Mysticism--Comparative studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is an important contribution that advanced the discussion of a fundamental issue in the comparative study of religions.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; ONE: Introduction: Mystical Consciousness, the Innate Capacity, and the Perennial Philosophy; TWO: Discriminating the Innate Capacity: Salvation Mysticism of Classical Sāmkya-Yoga; THREE: Parables of Deconstruction in the Lotus Sutra; FOUR: Between the Yes and the No: Ibn al-'Arabī on Wujud and the Innate Capacity; FIVE: Mysticism, Mediation, and Consciousness: The Innate Capacity in John Ruusbroec; SIX: The Innate Capacity: Jung and the Mystical Imperative; SEVEN: The Swami and the Rorschach: Spiritual Practice, Religious Experience, and Perception

EIGHT: William James and the Origins of Mystical Experience; NINE: Innate Mystical Capacities and the Nature of the Self; TEN: Postconstructivist Approaches to Mysticism

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773961-X

1-280-47034-8

0-19-535368-4

0-585-27046-5

OCLC:

476013638