The Unity of Mystical Traditions, The Transformation of Consciousness in Tibetan and German Mysticism.

The Unity of Mystical Traditions, The Transformation of Consciousness in Tibetan and German Mysticism.

This book argues that mystical doctrines and practices initiate parallel transformative processes in the consciousness of mystics. This thesis is supported through a comparative analysis of Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen (rdzogs-chen) and the medieval German mysticism of Eckhart, Suso, and Tauler. These...

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Main Author: Randall Studstill

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2005.

Series: Numen Book Series 107.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Mysticism > Comparative studies.
Mysticism > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Mysticism > Germany.

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Call Number: BL625 .S795 2005

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • A Mystical Pluralist Theory of Mysticism
  • A Critique Of Constructivism
  • An Alternative Methodology: A Systems Approach To Consciousness
  • Doctrine and Practice in the Dzogchen Tradition
  • Doctrine And Practice In German Mysticism
  • Mystical Pluralism, Systems Theory, and the Unity of Mystical Traditions
  • Defining 'Mysticism' and 'Mystical Experience'
  • Remarks On Essentialist and Typological Approaches to Mysticism
  • The Motivational Basis of Cognitive Confirmation
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.