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A considerable number of problematic issues beset any attempt to examine the writings of a religious philosopher with an acknowledged reputation as a ‘mystic’ or in whose works and thought ‘mystical apprehension’ is assigned a central or at least prominent function.
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Karel Werner, ‘On Unity and Diversity in the Interpretation of Mysticism’, Religious Traditions, (Australia: University of La Trobe, 1981) vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 65–71.
Dr Werner considers some contemporary discussions of religious experience and problems regarding its describability in this review article about Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, edited by Steven Katz (London: Sheldon Press, 1978).
C. A. Bennett, A Philosophical Study of Mysticism (Yale University Press, 1923) p. 27.
J. Leclercq, F. Vandenbrouke and L. Bouyer, History of Christian Spirituality, Part II, ch. 6: ‘German Spirituality in the Fourteenth Century’, (London: Burns Oates, 1968) pp. 373–4. Original French edition: Histoire de la Spiritualité Chrétienne (1961) pp. 448–9.
E. Conze, ‘Spurious Parallels to Buddhist Philosophy’, in his collection of articles Thirty Years of Buddhist Studies, (Oxford, 1967) pp. 229–42.
George Steiner, ‘The Retreat from the Word’ in his collection of essays Language and Silence (London: Peregrine Books, 1979) p. 31.
Karel Werner, ‘On Interpreting the Vedas’, Religion, (Lancaster), vol. VII (autumn 1977) p. 195.
Rudolf Otto, The Idea of the Holy, (Oxford University Press, 1980) p. 4. First English edition, 1923; original German edition: Das Heilige, 1917.
Pratima Bowes, The Hindu Religious Tradition (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977) pp. 283–4, from ch. 8: ‘Truth and the Hindu Religious Tradition’.
On Brautmystik: see Leclercq, Vandenbrouke and Bouyer History of Christian Spirituality (London: Burns Oates, 1968) pp. 374–6 passim.
Vladimir Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church, (Cambridge: James Clarke and Co., 1957, reprinted in 1973) p.42.
Vladimir Lossky, Théologie Négative et Connaissance de Dieu chez Maître Eckhart (Paris, 1960: No. 48 in the ‘Etudes de Philosophic Médiévale’ series, published by Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin) p. 199. This is an extremely penetrating study of the subject.
Surendranath Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975) vol. IV, p. 126. First edition: Cambridge, 1922.
Vladimir Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church (Cambridge: James Clarke and Co., 1973) p. 42.
T. M. P. Mahadevan, ‘Vedāntic Meditation and its Relation to Action’ in Traditional Modes of Contemplation and Action, edited by Y. Ibish, (Imperial University of Teheran/Allen & Unwin, 1976) pp. 354–55.
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Sutton, J. (1988). The Study of Mystical Thought — Methodology. In: The Religious Philosophy of Vladimir Solovyov. Library of Philosophy and Religion . Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19422-3_1
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