Steven Payne. John of the Cross and the Cognitive Value of Mysticism: An Analysis of Sanjuanist Teaching and its Philosophical Implications for Contemporary Discussions of Mystical Experience. Pp. xvi + 243. (Synthese Historical Library, vol. 37.) (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990.) £55.00 (US$88.00).

1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-567
Author(s):  
William J. Wainwright
Keyword(s):  
Mystical Experience ◽  
Cognitive Value ◽  
The Cross ◽  
John Of The Cross

The figurativeness of the mystical experience in Angela of Foligno

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Šavelová
Keyword(s):  
Mystical Experience ◽  
Literary Interpretation ◽  
Teresa Of Avila ◽  
Mystical Experiences ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Angela Of Foligno ◽  
John Of The Cross

This paper explores the figurativeness of the language of the mystical experiences in the texts of Angela of Foligno. For this purpose, the prism of literary interpretation and analysis is utilised. The aim of this article is to define the main signs and specificities of Angela’s narration. The reflection on this theme also includes the research of possible similarities with other Christian mystical witnesses (Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross).

Jean Baruzi y el problema del símbolo sanjuanista

Revue Romane ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-150
Author(s):  
Juan Varo Zafra
Keyword(s):  
Mystical Experience ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Christian Mysticism ◽  
Saint John ◽  
The Cross ◽  
John Of The Cross

The article analyses and discusses the concepts of symbol and allegory in relation to Jean Baruzi’s classic study of the poetry of St. John of the Cross, Saint John of the Cross and the Problem of Mystical Experience. These concepts have been accepted to greater or lesser degree by the majority of St. John of the Cross criticism. My reading attempts to trace the historical circumstances that conditioned Baruzi’s approach and argues for the need to reassess the reach and the pertinence of applying these aesthetic categories in the interpretation of 16th century mystical poetry, taking the conditions and unique specifics determined by the epoch and the parameters of the tradition of Christian mysticism as interpretive horizon.

scholarly journals As Moradas de Teresa

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (301) ◽  
pp. 75-109
Author(s):  
Faustino Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Mystical Experience ◽  
Spiritual Journey ◽  
Teresa Of Avila ◽  
Psychological Analysis ◽  
Interior Castle ◽  
The Cross ◽  
John Of The Cross

Síntese: No panorama ocidental da mística cristã, Teresa de Ávila (1515-1582) emerge como um dos mais vivos e ricos exemplos de itinerário espiritual. É com ela e João da Cruz que a mística nupcial ganha sua culminância, com uma riqueza simbólica e doutrinal extremamente fértil. Foi também alguém que consagrou a análise psicológica da experiência mística, fornecendo um rico manancial para a dinâmica pedagógica da oração e seu discernimento. No presente artigo, o objetivo foi apresentar ao leitor os passos que marcam o itinerário espiritual de Teresa a partir da leitura e compreensão de suas Moradas. Para preparar esse caminho, buscou-se antes desenvolver alguns passos de sua biografia, com base no Livro da vida.Palavras-Chave: Espiritualidade. Mística. Itinerário. Biografia. Cristianismo.Abstract: In the Western scene of the Christian mystique, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) emerges as one of the liveliest and richest examples of a spiritual journey. It is with her and John of the Cross that the bridal mystique reaches its apex with an extremely fertile symbolic and doctrinal richness. She was also someone who consecrated the psychological analysis of mystical experience, providing a rich resource for the teaching dynamics of prayer and its wisdom. In this article, our objective is to introduce the reader to the steps that mark Teresa’s spiritual journey through the reading and understanding of her The interior castle. In order to prepare this path, we tried to present a few steps of her biography, based on the The book of my life.Keywords: Spirituality. Mystique. Journey. Biography. Christianity.

Philosophy of Religious Experience and the Nag Hammadi Texts

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Stephen Bush
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Religious Experience ◽  
Mystical Experience ◽  
Experiential Knowledge ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Nag Hammadi ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Theoretical Issues

This essay, in response to Michael Kaler and Philip Tite, examines several theoretical issues about mystical experience in the Nag Hammadi texts. First is the problem of whether experiences can be an object of study at all, and I argue that they can, so long as we attend to the causes of the experiences. Attending to the causes of experiences, however, means that neo-perennialists must articulate and defend an account of the cause(s) of the cross-culturally universal experiences that they suppose occur. As for the attempt to apply contemporary psychologists' attachment theory to the experiential knowledge described in the Nag Hammadi texts, questions remain about the relation between attachment to the divine figure purportedly experienced and the experiencer's attachment to his or her religious community.

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